850 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. ville and Stone River, the last named occurring during the winter of 1863-4. Subsequently he was on detached service under Colonel A. D. Street, of the Seventy-second Indiana, and was also with the Third Ohio, Seventy-second Indiana and the Eighty-eighth Indiana. He was almost continuously engaged in skirmishing. He participated in the battle of Sand Mountain, in Alabama, and kept up a running fight for almost five days. With thirteen hundred others he was captured near Rome, Georgia, and taken to Atlanta, where he met his uncle, Samuel Pinkerton, who was in the Confederate service as a chaplain. Mr. Pinkerton knew he was at that point and sent for him. The uncle came and asked to see the young man, who besought him to aid him in making his escape. He also complained of hunger, and the uncle' replied that he would get him something to eat, but Mr. Pinkerton said that if he could not get something for his comrades he did not want it. He was sent from Atlanta to Knoxville, thence to Belle Isle, where he remained for two weeks, and thence he was paroled to Camp Chase, Columbus, arriving there in July, 1863. His regiment took part in the Holmes county raid at Fort Fizzle, where the Amish had resented the draft. He afterward assisted in the capture of Morgan, and. was sent with his regiment to Nashville. Soon afterward he went into the Sequatchie valley, at the time the army was gathering for the battle of Chattanooga, his regiment being engaged in guard duty along the railroad. In the winter of 1863-4 they were on the Tennessee river near Kellogg's Landing, and later he was sent to Chattanooga, where he did guard duty until June, 1864. From there he was sent home to be discharged at Camp Denison, on the 10th of June. In July following Dr. Pinkerton went to Helena; Arkansas. to act as guard on a cotton plantation, and there he remained until Christmas time. He then returned home, where he continued until the spring of 1865, and was engaged in teaching school in Franklin towship. He spent the summer of 1866 at work upon a farm in Franklin township, and in August of that year he married Miss Emily Demorest, of that township, a daughter of Gilimus and Lucinda (Peterson) Demorest. Her great-grandfather was a blanket weaver .under LaFayette's command in the time of the war of the Revolution. Unto our subject and his wife were born five children : Charles G., who married Ida C. ______ and is living in Galloway; Louis L., who died in childhood ; Mary Ione, the wife of J. J. Doyle, of Columbus; Isaac B., who died in childhood ; and Edith, at home. After his marriage Dr. Pinkerton engaged in teaching in Franklin township, in the winter of 1866, and spent the summer months of 1867-8 on the home farm. In the meantime he devoted his leisure hours to the study of medicine, and in the spring of 1869 he went to Delaware, Ohio, where he read medicine under the direction of Dr. T. B. Williams. He was a student in the Starling Medical College from 1869 until 1871, being graduated in March of the latter year. In June of that year he began practice in Oswego, Kansas, and in 1873 he returned to Ohio, for the climate of the west did not agree with his wife's health. In July of the same year he took up his abode CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 851 in Galloway, where he opened an office, and in March, 1875, he went to Broadway, Union county, Ohio, where he remained for a year. On the expiration of that period he came to Galloway, where he has since made his home, enjoying a large practice. He is a member of the Cincinnati, Ohio, Medical Society, and is a physician of skill, whose well-directed efforts have brought to him a good return for his. labors. In 1900 the Doctor was called upon to mourn the loss of his wife, who died on the 6th of February, in the faith of the Methodist church, of which she had for some years been an active and consistent member. The Doctor belongs to the church, and is serving as steward. In politics he is a stalwart Republican. For a number of years he has been a member of W. H. Elliott Post, G. A. R., and he formerly belonged to Libby Post at Georgesville, of which he was commander. He also. holds membership relations with Prairie Lodge, No. 662, I. 0. 0. F., and with Madison Lodge, No. 221, F. 81 A. M. The Doctor is a well-known citizen of Franklin county, and takes a commendable interest in everything pertaining to the welfare of the community along the lines of substantial progress and intellectual development. MILTON H. VIRDEN, M. D. A physician and pharmacist, Milton H. Virden is one of the rising young representatives of the medical fraternity of Franklin county, carrying on business at the corner of Fifth and Cleveland avenues, in Columbus, where he has a well-appointed pharmacy and office. He is a native of Marion, Marion county, Ohio, born in 1859, his parents being Theodore W. and Sarah Virden, both of whom were natives of the state of Delaware. The former came to Ohio about 1835, 'when fifteen years of age. He was a farmer by occupation and one of the substantial and respected citizens of Marion county. During the period of the Civil war he took an active part in raising money with which to encourage enlistments in the northern army. To him and his wife were born eight children, seven sons and one daughter. The father died in 1899, at "the age of eighty-four years, and the mother passed away in 1870, at the age of fifty-seven. In the public schools of Marion county, Ohio, Dr. Virden pursued his elementary education. He possessed studious habits and devoted himself assiduously to the mastery of the branches forming the curriculum in the common schools. He made the best of his opportunities and became a good English scholar before entering the normal school at Lebanon, Ohio, in which institution he pursued his studies for four years. He took both literary and scientific branches in the Lebanon Normal Extension, a replete curriculum, but just before completing the four years' course he was taken ill and had to leave the school a few days before the time of graduation. On recovering his health he entered the Eastman's Business College. of Poughkeepsie, New York, in which he was graduated with the class of 1881, winning a diploma upon the completion of the pharmaceutical course. The same year he secured 852 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. employment in the drug store of Dr. J. M. Wood, of Larue, Ohio, where he remained for some time in the capacity of prescription clerk. He afterward purchased a half interest in the business from his employer, and the partnership was continued until the store and its contents were destroyed by fire, which unfortunately occurred a few days after the insurance had expired, entailing a total, loss. Subsequently Dr. Virden established himself at the same place and conducted his enterprise for three years, meeting with a very gratifying degree of success. On the expiration of that period he sold out. In 1890 lie began reading medicine under the direction of. Dr. William Shira, a prominent and well-known physician of Larue, and in 1891 he matriculated in the Ohio Medical College, being one of the nine students who were in the school in the opening year. There he pursued the regular course and graduated in 1894. Immediately afterward he opened an office on Front street, in Columbus, where he successfully practiced for a year, and then removed to his present location on Fifth and Cleveland avenues, where by assiduous attention to his professional duties he has built up a lucrative and constantly growing practice. In 1899. he erected a store building, which he stocked with a complete assortment of drugs and other such goods usually found in a first-class establishment of the kind, and that branch of his business is also proving profitable. The Doctor was married to Miss Louie Burke, formerly of Urbana Ohio, and unto them has been born a son, George Leon, now a bright young lad of ten years. The Doctor is a member of the Academy of Medicine, of Columbus, and belongs to various fraternal organizations, holding membership with Lodge No. 32, B. P. O. E., of Marion, Ohio; with Champion Lodge, No. 105 K. P., of Columbus, and the Olentangy Tribe of Red Men. He is a social, genial gentleman, interested in all that pertains to the welfare of the capital city, and he has a large circle of warm friends, his friendship being best prized by those who have known him longest. HENRY KINER. Prominent among the energetic, far-seeing and successful business men of Ohio is the subject of this review. His life history most happily illustrates what may be attained by faithful and continued effort in carrying out an earnest purpose. Integrity, activity and energy have been the crowning points in his success, and his connection with the agricultural interests of Franklin county have been a decided advantage to this section of the state, promoting its material. welfare in no uncertain manner, while bringing to him a financial :return that numbers him among the wealthy men of his community. His has justly won the distinction of being what the public term a self-made man. Henry Kiner was born December 10, 1838, in the old family homestead in Franklin county, and is the only surviving child of Casper and Elizabeth (Mock) Kiner. His father was born in Franklin county, Pennsylvania, and there formed the acquaintance of and married Miss Mock, a daughter of CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 853 Michael Mock. In 1818 he came to Ohio, first locating in Coshocton county, where he purchased land Upon which he resided for a time. In 1823 he came to this county, locating in: Clinton township, . where he purchased one hundred and fifty acres. of land in partnership with Mr. Mock, paying for the same five dollars per acre. It was a swampy tract, covered with a forest. He built a log cabin of one room, doing all the work himself, and in the construction of the little home he used no nails, for they were very expensive and could hardly be obtained at any price. Into this pioneer cabin of round poles he removed with his wife and children. His financial resources were. very limited, and in order to provide for his family he had to work for other people. As his sons grew older he began clearing the land and in the course of time placed it under a high state of cultivation. The parents spent their remaining days on the homestead. They were honest, industrious people, worthy the respect of all. Mr. Kiner cared little. for the honors of official position, yet in the early settlement of this township he served in the capacity of constable. Both he and his wife were devoted Christian people, and he held membership in the Presbyterian .church, while his wife belonged to the Methodist Episcopal church. They had a family of ten children, two or three having been born before their removal to Franklin county. The record is as follows : Michael, who married Sarah Meigs and reared a family; Jacob, who wedded Lavica Smith and had a family; Martha Jane, who became the wife of William Ring, by whom she had seven children; Peggy Ann, who married Solomon Hays and had a family ; Lucinda, wife of Lafayette Lazelle, by whom she had several children; Amanda, wife of Nathaniel .Smith; Mary, who died married; Elizabeth, who became the wife of Lafayette Lazelle after her sister's death, and they had several children; Henry, of this review; and. John, who died in Clinton township. The parents have also passed away. Mr. Kiner, whose name introduces this record, was reared on the family homestead, and in the common schools of that locality was instructed in the rudiments of an English education. When old enough to be of assistance in the work of the farm he aided in clearing and improving that tract of land, and in connection with his brother John he engaged in the stock business in early life, buying and selling stock. This proved a very profitable venture, and they also raised stock of good grades and gained a good start in the financial world. On the 3d of January, 1863, Mr. Kiner was united in marriage to Miss Catherine De Nune, daughter of William and Mary Ann (Baker) De Nune. Her father was a native of Pennsylvania, her mother of Virginia, and they were married in Ohio, having come to this state in childhood. At an early period in the history of the Buckeye state Mr. De Nune located south of Coumbus, while his wife's people; the Bakers, settled on Alum creek. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. De Nune resided in Franklin county, spending their remaining days within its borders. He was a well-educated man for his day, and was one of the successful early teachers in that county. In the family were five children, four of whom reached mature years, namely : 854 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. iam R.; Eliza, who married Solomon Hays ; Mrs. Kiner; and John. The deceased member of the family is Alexander, who died in youth. Their mother's death occurred about 1870, and their father is also deceased. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Kiner have been born twelve children, of whom seven are yet living. Alice is the wife of Milo Street; Ellis wedded Barbar Huy; Elmer married Lena Huy; Lambert became the husband of Bessie Burnett; Justin married Maud Brinklinger; and Annie and Emma are young ladies at home. The deceased children are Jennie, Clayton, Grace, Icy and Charles. Mr. Kiner's first investment in real estate made him the owner of thirty acres of wooded land in Clinton township. This he cleared and improved and as his financial resources increased he added to his possessions until he now the owner of very extensive tracts of valuable property. He has been associated in his business affairs with his brother John and success has attended their efforts in a high degree. The home farm is well improved and is supplied with every modern accessory and convenience that go to facilitate agricultural pursuits. Both Mr. and Mrs. Kiner hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal church, with which they have long been actively identified taking part in its work and upbuilding. The subject of this sketch is widely recognized as one of the most prosperous farmers and business men of the county, and is well known as a gentleman of excellent judgment and irreproachable character. His wife has indeed been a faithful companion and helpmeet to him, and to her he attributes his prosperity in no small degree. They are widely known and have a large circle of warm friends. SAMUEL CASHNER. Much has been said concerning the corruption of politics and the control of political affairs by unprincipled men. While this may be true to some extent in the larger cities, such a state does not exist in the smaller towns where the man who wins office must be worthy of the trust and confidence reposed in him. Some one has said, "You can fool all of the American people some of the time, and some of the people all of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time," and in this lies the safeguard of our American political system. As mayor of Gahanna, Mr. Cashner is capably discharging his duties to the best of his ability, and that ability is of no circumscribed order. His administration is at once practical and businesslike and he has brought about many needed reforms and improvements. A native of Franklin county, Mr. Cashner was born April 15, 1837. and is a representative of one of the old families of Pennsylvania. His paternal grandfather, Jacob Cashner, was a native of the Keystone state, whence he removed to Lithopolis, Fairfield county, Ohio, in an early day. By occupation he was a farmer and his death .occurred in 1832. His wife, Christina Myers, was also born in Pennsylvania and accompanied her husband to Fairfield county during the days of the pioneer epoch. She was of German lineage, CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 855 Their son, Jeremiah Cashner, the father of our subject, was born in Pennsylvania and became a resident of Franklin county in 1826, here following the occupation of farming throughout his active business career. He wedded Christina Riggie and she too was born in Pennsylvania and came to Ohio about the time of here husband's removal. Her father, Philip Riggle, was born in the Keystone state and took up his abode in Fairfield county in the pioneer days; his death there occurred when he was ninety years of age. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Margaret Moyer and came with him to Ohio, was of German extraction. The father of our subject died at the age of sixty-two, while his wife, long surviving, him, passed away at the age of eighty-four. They were the parents of four sons and five daughters and with but one exception all reached years of maturity, but only three are now living, the sisters being Mrs. Caroline McCisick and Mrs. Lucy Swickard. Samuel Cashner, the fifth member of the family and the only surviving son, was reared on the old family homestead in his native township; and in the log school house near his home pursued his education. At the age of nineteen years he engaged in the wholesale notion. business, traveling from store to store and from town to town, being thus employed until the inauguration of the Civil war. He had watched with interest the progress of events, and when rebellion reared its awful. front he resolved to aid. in the preservation of the Union by service in the field of battle. Accordingly, at President Lincoln's first call for troops he enlisted, joining Company A, of the Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, on the 15th of April, when the smoke from Fort Sumter's guns had hardly cleared away. On the 21st of June, of the same year, he re-enlisted for three years' service and was discharged on the 13th of June, 1864, but the south had not been subjected and feeling that his duty was at the front he again offered his services, and joined Company D, of the Eleventh Ohio Infantry, on the 2d of July. He remained with that regiment until June 27, 1865, when he was honorably discharged after a long and faithful service of four years, one month and twenty-six days. He participated in the battles of Richmond, Pittsburg Landing, Stephenson, Perryville, Murfreesboro; Round Mound and Iron Works, and Sand Mountain. He was taken prisoner at Sand Mountain and after being held a captive for fifteen days he was paroled and joined his command at Chattanooga, Tennessee, after which he was discharged. In his next enlistment he joined his command at Atlanta and participated in the engagements of Milledgeville, Black River, Savannah, Bentonville and in General Sherman's campaign to Greensborough, North Carolina, and then marched with his regiment to Washington, D. C., and participated in the Grand Review, the most .celebrated military pageant ever seen in the country, and was then honorably discharged. He was wounded in the right leg in the battle of Sand Mountain and received buckshot in the breast at Bentonville, North Carolina. Mr. Cashner; after his return to Franklin county, was married in Dixon, Illinois, in 1865, to Miss Hefty S. Hand, a native of Plain township, this county, and a daughter of Charles and Jane (Smith) Hand, the former a 856 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. native of New York, and the later of New Jersey. The mother became a resident of Franklin county when seven years of age, and the father when eighteen years of age. He is still living at the ripe old age of ninety-two, but his wife passed away at 'the age of eighty-nine. They find celebrated their sixty-sixth wedding anniversary. Mrs. Cashner. is the seventh in order of birth among their ten children and was reared in her native township, Unto Mr. and Mrs. Cashner have been born three children : Clara Roletta is the widow of James Ryan, who was an engineer and was accidently killed October 3, 1898. They had four children: James C., Della, Nellie M. and Charles Willis. Nellie, the second member of the family, is the wife of William Dorsey, a dairyman, and they have two children, Walter and Eva. Charles W., the youngest of the family, is a grocer of Gahanna. He married Miss Florence Dawson. by whom he had two children, Hazel L. and Gail. After their marriage our subject and his wife took up their abode in Mifflin township and he devoted his energies to selling notions to retail dealers for seven years. He then came to Gahanna and has since been engaged in auctioneering. In 1889 he was elected mayor and has since held the office, covering a period of eleven years, a, record that can scarcely be paralleled in the history of a city, which indicates in an unmistakable manner his fidelity to duty and the confidence reposed in his ability by his fellow townsmen. His administration has indeed been a creditable one. and thus gained for him high regard and commendation. He holds membership in John A. Miller Post, No. 192, G. A. R., in which he servedas chaplain for about eight years. He has also been a member of the Masonic fraternity since 1869, and of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows since 1862, while his name is found on the membership roll of the Union Veteran Legion, Columbus Camp, No. 78. In politics he has always been a stanch Republican and no man in the community is more deserving of the high regard of his fellow townsmen than Samuel Cashner. Local and public improvement are causes dear to his heart and he withholds his support from no measure calculated to prove of general good. GEORGE H. RADER. The fine farm of fifty-seven acres which is now the property of Mrs. George H. Rader is a visible proof of the industry and economy of its purchaser, George H. Rader, now deceased, at one time one of the most respected residents of Franklin county, Ohio. He was born in Columbus, Ohio, March 8, 1854, a son of John and Elizabeth Rader, both of whom were natives of Germany, and had come to Franklin county, Ohio, when young. The father died in this county, at about sixty-five years, and the mother still survives, at the age of eighty years. Mr. Rader was about fifteen years old when his father moved into the country and: engaged in farming. He received. his education in the city schools and spent three years at college. After marriage, Mr. Rader settled CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 857 upon the farm where he spent the remainder of his life, and actively engaged in its cultivation. Our subject was united in marriage to Miss Caroline Horgher, February 10, 1875. She was a native of Jackson township, Franklin county, born November 13, 1856, a daughter of Frank Horgher, a native of Germany who came to America previous to his marriage, this taking place some time later, in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, whence he moved to Franklin county, Ohio, settled in Jackson township, and in 1875 moved to Columbus, and died there, at the age of seventy-seven years. Five children were born to Mr: and Mrs. Horgher : Rose; Catherine; John, who is the twin of Mrs. Rader, the widow of our subject, and an infant which died in infancy. The death of Mr. Rader took place February 1, 1897, when passed away a good husband and indulgent father. He left six-estimable children to console his bereaved widow : Carrie R., who married Carl Gutnecght and has a daughter, Marie Ethel; George H., who assists on the farm; Alma F., Alice M., Lenora E. and Inez A. Since the death of Mr. Rader, his widow has shown great ability in the management of the estate. Not only did she suffer loss when his life ended, but the community in which he had lived an honest life; filled with good deeds, felt the bereavement also. He was well known and had been called upon to serve as school director for some twelve years, his judgment making him particularly fitted for the position. A Democrat in his political convictions he upheld the principles of that party. In his death the Lutheran church lost a valued member. ALLEN ORDERS. The subject of this sketch has the distinction of being the oldest citizen of Jackson township, Franklin county, Ohio. He was born on the Fullerton farm, five miles south of Columbus, October 22, 1814, a son of Jonas Orders, who was reared in Virginia and fought six years on the old western frontier, in the army of "Mad Anthony" Wayne, in campaigns against Indians who opposed the settlement of Ohio and adjacent states. Allen Order's grandfather in the paternal line was born and married in England and after the death of his wife emigrated to Virginia with his sons Job and Jonas, the first mentioned of whom never married. Jonas married Sarah Ford, a native of Maryland. He came to Franklin county on foot and was soon attacked by chills and fever, which kept him "under the weather" for about a year. He lived in Jackson township, to the advanced age of one hundred years or there about, enjoying the title of oldest man in the county, and died after the close of the Civil war, during which he was an outspoken Union man. He was a member of the Universalist church and as a citizen was prominent and progressive. Sarah Ford, who married Jonas Orders' and was the mother of the subject of this sketch, was a daughter of Frederick and Margaret (Benjamin) 54 858 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. Ford and her father was an early settler in Franklin county, Ohio, where, with his family, he located in the woods and cleared up a farm on which he lived until he died, past the age of seventy years. His wife also is deceased. They had four sons and four daughters. Jonas and Sarah (Ford) Orders had seven sons and. three daughters, of whom Allen Orders was the third son and fourth child in order of nativity. Allen attended school in old fashioned log school houses and when he was seven years old his father left the Fullerton farm, where the boy was born, and moved on another, and at that time the lad practically took up the battle of life for himself, working by the month or by the day at anything that his hands found to do. By hard economy he managed to save a little money which he invested in cattle, and when he turned the cattle over to his father to help him buy a piece of land he found himself as poor as when he had begun, but was not daunted by the prospect of beginning over again. He made such satisfactory progress that just before he came of age he deemed it safe for him to marry and he took for his wife Miss Mary Galion, a native of Virginia, whose family had settled in Ohio. After his marriage he lived for a year in the household of his father-in-law and after that rented a farm until, about 1838, he bought one hundred acres of land where he now lives, on which he built a log house which gave place to his present residence in 1848 and which has been moved to Grove City where it does service as a stable. He has lived continuously in his native township and has been identified with it during his whole life of eighty-six years and is at this time the oldest person living within its borders. Formerly a Whig, he has, been a Republican since the organization of that party and has filled several township offices and has shown his public spirit by assisting many measures promising to benefit his fellow citizens and during all his active years set a good example to other farmers in the county by improving his farm of one hundred and forty-nine acres and cultivating it in a thoroughly up-to-date manner. Though not a member of any church, he testifies to a belief in the teachings of the Bible and has always supported religious worship in his neighborhood. Of his seven children only two survive. These are George. W., who has reared a family and now, aged sixty-five years, lives at Grove City.; and Clorinda, who married Silas Bogor, of Jackson township, Franklin county, a biographical sketch of whom appears in this work. ELAM DRAKE. Elam Drake is now living a retired life in Mifflin township after long: years of active and honorable connection with the agricultural pursuits of Franklin county. His home is situated on the Johnstown and Columbus pike, about five miles from the state's capitol, and there he is surrounded by many comforts and luxuries which have come to him as the reward of earnest effort in former years. A native of Connecticut, he was born on the 16th of November, 1812, in East Windsor, Hartford county. Tradition says that the family CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 859 was founded in America by English ancestors who came to the new world early in the seventeenth century and located in the Charter Oak state. Elias Drake, the father of our subject, was also born in East Windsor and was a brick mason by occupation. Emigrating westward, he took up his abode upon a farm in Franklin county, Ohio, where he died at the age of sixty-four years. His wife bore the maiden name of Mary Collins, and she, too, was a native of Connecticut and was of English lineage. Her death occurred in Franklin county when she was sixty-four years of age. The marriage of this worthy couple was blessed with eight children, three sons and five daughters, of whom Elam was -the third in order of birth. He has one sister, Mrs. Lucinda Lemon, who is now living in Iowa, but the others have all passed away. Upon the Atlantic. seacoast Mr. Drake of this review spent the first twenty years of his life, and in 1831 he became a resident of Franklin county, Ohio, the family taking up their abode in a log cabin in Mifflin township, Here he began work at his trade of brick laying and plastering, which he had learned in Connecticut. As a boy he became familiar With those lines of industry, working under. the direction of his father. He was thus identified with the building interests. Of Columbus for many years, aiding in its improvement at the time when it was a small village. He assisted in the erection of the first brick house in that city and for his services he received good wages, being a first-class mechanic. He helped support his mother and younger brothers and sisters. He did much work outside of the city, being called upon to construct the fronts of many of the buildings in the county. For some time he was in the employ, of others, but eventually began contracting and building on his own account in Franklin and adjoining counties. For many years he was an active representative of that line of endeavor, and dozens of the best business houses and residences in Columbus stand as monuments to his thrift, enterprise and skill. At length he retired from that occupation, removing to his farm five miles from the city. He erected thereon a good brick residence and barn and has made many other substantial improvements upon his land, which constitutes a tract of sixty-two acres, now under a high state of cultivation. In 1837 Mr. Drake was united in marriage to Miss Angeline Patterson, a native of Mifflin township, Franklin county. They have five sons and a daughter : Franklin; Charles P., Douglas C., Dwight F., Alice A. and. George B. Charles married Sarah Reese, and they have four children,----Homer, Rosella, Ray and Blanche. Douglas C. married Elsie W. Moore, a native of Columbus and who was educated in that city. Her parents died during her infancy and: she was reared by Mrs. Laura Moore. Unto Douglas and his wife have been born five children, Kate, Guy B., Ralph E., Clyde W. and Harold. Dwight F. married Lizzie Goodman, and they have a daughter, Florence. Alice A., is the wife of Henry Innis, and they have two daughters, Mabel A. and Mildred. The eldest and youngest sons are single. There 860 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. are also six great-grandchildren, namely; Vinnie, Verna and Russell Drake Marguerite and Maurice Kurtzhalz and Marie Kersolty. Mr. Drake is well known in the county and has aided much in its upbuilding and improvement. He cast his first presidential vote for Andrew Jackson, but became a Republican on the organization of the party. Since that time, however, he has voted for various candidates. He is a venerable gentleman of sterling worth whose life's record has been honorable and in many respects well worthy of emulation. Through almost a century he has witnessed the development of the nation, and feels just pride in the wonderful accomplishments of his country. He has reached the eighty-eighth milestone on the journey of life and can look back over the past without regret and forward to the future without fear. SARAH J. SWAGLER. There are in every community women accounts of whose lives would edifying as the biographical sketches of men are found to be, and it is to regretted that more women are not represented in such works as this. One of the best known women of Jackson township, Franklin county, Ohio, is Mrs. Sarah J. Swagler, a brief account of whose busy life it will now be attempt to give; Mrs. Swagler was born in the township in which she now November 11, 1830, a daughter of William B. Duff. William, B. Duff was born, reared and educated in Franklin township Franklin county, Ohio, and passed his entire life there, except for six months absence in Illinois. His earlier days were spent amid pioneer surrounding and the foundations of his education were laid in a primitive log school house. He married Nancy Orders, a native of Jackson township, Franklin county, Ohio, and located in the township just mentioned, where Mrs. Duff died aged about forty. His second marriage was to Mrs. Jane Laslear, and after her death he married Mahala Hill. He lived to. the advanced age of eighty-two years, rounding out an industrious and useful life and one crowned with measurable success. By his first marriage he had eight children: Sarah j., Elizabeth (Boucher), William, Nancy (deceased), George (deceased), John, and Mary Ann (Robinson), David, Adam, and Ella (Haughn), the first of whom is the subject of this sketch. By his second marriage he had three children,—Michael W., Charles. and Maud,—the last mentioned of whom married Mat. Hanna, of Fayette county, Ohio ; and by his last marriage there was no issue. Mrs. Swagler, who was the first born of the. children of William B. and Nancy (Orders) Duff, was reared in Jackson township and relates that she attended school in a small log building with slab benches and holes in the walls covered with greased papers for windows and that she was taught all the work performed by pioneer women in her days and often spun woolen yarn for her own family and for neighbors. In 1851 she married Philip Near, who was born in Ross county, Ohio, June 10, 1827, and moved to a CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 861 point where her husband died about seven years afterward and where she remained for some years after that event. In 1868 she married Solomon Swagler and located on a farm in Jackson township, Franklin county, which is her present home. Mr. Swagler, who was a native of Pennsylvania, was married there to his first wife, Miss Sarah Conrad, who died in Jackson township after having borne him eight children, four of whom are living : Jonathan and Henry Swagler and Elizabeth Borror and Sarah Standiford. Mr. Swagler was an influential Republican and took a great interest in public education and was elected to the office of school director, and he was a class leader in the Methodist Episcopal church in which he long held the office of trustee. He ranked among the leading farmers of his township and died August 28, 1892, deeply regretted by all who had known him. By her first marriage Mrs. Swagler had three children, A. M., William J. and Milton Near. William J. died at the age of eight years and Milton is represented by a separate biographical sketch on another page. A. M. Near was born in .Ross county, Ohio, October 20, 1852, and came with his mother when she returned to Franklin county, and remained with her until her marriage with Alice O'Connor, who died leaving three children named Ora, William and Mertie. For his second wife he married Clara Clemens, a native of Pickaway county, Ohio, and they have one son, Noble. He is now living in Pickaway county,. Ohio. Mrs. Swagler bore her second husband three daughters : Emma, the eldest, married R. E. Shover and lives on the old home farm of his grandfather Duff and has two children, named Pearl and Oren. Jennie married L. J. Kolter and lives at Wapakoneta. Auglaize County, Ohio. Viola married Otis Borror, of Jackson township, and has a son named Harold. Mrs. Swagler has one great-grandchild,---:Clyde Steel, a son of George and Ora (Near) Steel, of Cincinnati, Ohio. Mrs. Swagler has been fifty years a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. She is well known throughout the county and is highly respected by all who have the honor of her acquaintance. Her homestead, which is one of the good farms of Jackson township, consists of one hundred and sixty-eight acres of well improved and well cultivated land. JOHN T. DORSEY. John T: Dorsey, who resides on the Johnstown pike, four miles from the state capitol, in Franklin county, was born in Licking county, Ohio, May 16, 1840. His father, James Dorsey, was a native of Pennsylvania where he spent the days of his boyhood and youth. He was of German descent and in his life manifested some of the best characteristics, of that people. When a young man he removed to Licking county,. Ohio, where he met and married Miss Nancy Wells, a native of that county. He was a miller and erected a mill at Kirksville, Ohio, operating the same for many year's. On the expiration of that period he came to Franklin county where he .purchased other mills, 862 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. continuing in that business until his death,which occurred when he was fifty-five years of age. He was a well known citizen of good business ability and sterling worth who enjoyed the confidence and regard Of all who knew him. In politics he was first a Whig and afterward a Republican, giving an earnest support to the principles. in which he believed. His wife died of smallpox at the age of sixty-five. They were the parents of three sons and three daughters, all of whom reached mature years, while five are now living, namely: William H. H., the twin brother of our subject, who died in the service of his country during the Civil war, having enlisted in the Ninety-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry; Mrs: Jane Nedrow ; Albert G., who served in the Union army with the Twelfth Regiment of Ohio Cavalry; Mrs. Angeline Damude and Mrs. Adeline O'Brien, twins. Mr. Dorsey of this sketch and his twin brother were the first born. He was about twelve years of age when he accompanied his parents on their removal to Franklin county. He acquired his early education in the schools of Licking county and afterward became a student in the public schools of Norwich, Berry and Franklin townships. Patriotism prompted his enlistment with the boys in blue at the time the country became involved in Civil war, and in 1861 he was enrolled among the members of Company K, of the First Ohio Cavalry. After serving for two years he was disabled by a horse falling upon him and on account of his disability received an honorable discharge in 1863. He served with the Army of the Cumberland, participating in the engagements at Fort Donelson, Chattanooga, Stone river and in others of lesser importance. When honorably discharged Mr. Dorsey returned to his home in Franklin county, and in 1865 he was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Lackey, who was born in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, October 24, 1837. Her father, Alexander Lackey, was also a native of the Keystone state and in 1838 came to Franklin county, locating on the farm where Mrs. Dorsey now resides. It was then a tract of wild timber land, but he cleared away the trees. and continued the development of the fields until his death, which occurred when he was sixty-six years of age. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Martha Hart, was also a native of Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, and her death occurred when she had attained the age of sixty-four years. This worthy couple had eleven children and the family circle was unbroken until after they had attained adult age, but only four are yet living. Mrs. Dorsey is the youngest and was only nine months old when brought by her parents to Franklin county, where she has therefore practically spent her entire life. Site pursued her education in the log schoolhouse of those early days, and at the time of her marriage began her domestic life on the old homestead where she is yet living. Mr. and Mrs. Dorsey have had four children—William Allen, Joseph ine Alice, Iva Cordelia and Mary Ellen ; the last named is now deceased; Josephine Alice became the wife of Peter Short, of Columbus, and has three: children,—Edith May, Earl and Mary Elizabeth.; Iva Cordelia is the wife of Fred. Spencer, of Mifflin township, and has five children,—Chester, Albert CENTNNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 863 Hettie, Oscar and alpaby boy; an William Allen married Nellie Cashner and resides on his fathees homestead., and has two children,—Walter Adel and Eva Marie. Mr. Dorsey has been engaged in general farming and in the dairy business for about thirteen years, and! has managed his affairs in a manner that has brought to him 'creditable prosperity. He owns sixty-three and one-half acres of land which is highly cultivated, and the products of his field and dairy, owing to their excellent quality, find a ready sale upon the market. In his political views Mr. Dorsey is a Republican. He has served as a school director and in other offices and, is a well known citizen whose fidelity to every trust reposed in him is above question. He holds membership in Wells Post, G. A. R., and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, his life being permeated by his Christian faith. His worth as a man and citizen is widely acknowledged. The same loyalty which he manifested on the southern battle-fields has characterized his every relation of life and his example is in many respects well worthy of emulation.  JOHN KEYS. For many years this gentleman was one of the active and progressive agriculturists of Franklin county, as well as one of its most reliable and honored citizens, and now in his declining years is enjoying a well-earned rest, free from the cares and responsibilities of business life. He was born September 14, 1823, in Buckinghamshire, England, five miles. from Aylesbury, and about forty miles from London. His father, Stephen Keys, was a native of the same place, and was what is known as a bailiff; or foreman of a farm in America. In 1833 he brought his family to the United States, and on landing in this country came immediately to Columbus, Ohio. He located on the farm in Clinton township, this county, now occupied by the State University, and upon that place he died at about the age of forty years. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Mary Payne, was also born in Buckinghamshire, England, and died in Worthington, this county, at the age of fifty-three. They were the parents of twelve children, eight of whom reached man and womanhood. Of this family John Keys is the third child and third son. At the age of ten years he came with his parents to the new world and was reared on the Neil farm. in Clinton township, where the family located. He has been three times married, his first wife being Emily Hennis, by whom he had one son, William D., a resident of this county. For his second wife he married Nancy Lane, and to them were born two, children ; Emma, deceased; and James E., a resident of Columbus and a street car conductor. In 1856, Mr. Keys was united in marriage with Mrs. Susan (Cairns) Harman, who was born in Pennsylvania, and came from Cumberland county, that state, to this county when about fourteen years of age. On The zd of May, 1848, in Miami county, Ohio, she married David. Harman, who died in August, of the follow- 864 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. ing year, and the only child born to that union, a daughter, died at the age of twenty months. By his third marriage Mr. Keys has one daughter, Jeannett C., wife of Charles W. Grant, of Jackson township. They have two children: Winnie 0., wife of Samuel Alspaw, of Reynoldsburg, Ohio; and John Nelson. After his first Marriage Mr. Keys remained on the Neil farm until the following spring, and then moved to Columbus, where for a time he was in the employ of G. W. Peters, a manufacturer of trunks. He was mext employed as foreman by Charles G. Deshler in the ice business, and on resigning that position was appointed. mail agent at the depot in Columbus, where he remained nine years. At the end bf that time he purchased a farm in Jackson township, but after operating it for about two years, he sold the place and bought the farm which he still owns and now rents. It consists of eighty-four acres of rich and arable land and is pleasantly situated three miles southeast of Grove City. Mr. Keys retired from active farming in 1888, and in 1897 moved to Grove City, where he now makes his home. In his political views he is a Democrat, and has been called upon to serve his fellow citizens in the capacity of road supervisor, school director and president of the board of education two years. Like his father he is a self made man. When the latter landed in Columbus, he had but twenty-five cents in his pocket and this he spent for bread. He was successful in getting work and soon gained a good start in life. Through his own self-directed efforts our subject has gained a comfortable competence, and his life has ever been such as to win for .him the confidence and high regard of those with whom he has come in contact either in business or social life. GEORGE H. DISTELHORST. A well known and successful business man of the city of Columbus, now retired from active labor, is George H. Distelhorst, who was born in Detmold, Germany, November 10, 1824; the eldest son of Simon and Wilhelmina Distelhorst, natives of the same place, where they spent their entire lives. Until the age of twenty years George H. Distelhorst resided in Germany, engaging in teaching, after he had obtained his own education, and also was a teacher of music. In 1849 he came to America, locating first in Virginia and there engaging in farm work, by the month. His wages were eight dollars a month, the usual price that was paid for like labor at that time. He remained at this place for four years', coming then to Franklin county, Ohio. He owned a team by this time, and here engaged in hauling brick and stone and in general teaming. Soon after he rented a small tract of land near the city, where he began gardening, on a small scale, continuing, as he succeeded, to add improvements. This place was cultivated for four years, but in 1859 he bought his present farm and began gardening on a large scale. At that time there were few market gardens near the city, and Mr. Distelhorst made an immediate success of his venture. Until 1893 he continued in the active conduct of his business, CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 865 but at that time he resigned the work to younger hands. He now. has twenty-three acres of valuable land where he resides, eight acres upon which his son George lives and owns nineteen more acres as productive land. Mr. Distelhorst was married in Germany, in 1847, to Miss Hermine Althoff, a native of his native county. She died November 6, 1897, having been the mother of eight children : Frederick, who married and located in Franklin township; George, who also settled in Franklin township, with his family; William, .Otto and Charles, deceased ; Pauline, who married Robert Wacker, of Columbus ; Anna, at home; and Herman, who is married and engages in the gardening business, in this township. Mr. Distejhorst has given his family every advantage in his power and takes much comfort in their material prosperity. He is well known and much respected, both in his immediate locality,. and also in the business world of Columbus, and having -a fine voice, was for many years a Member of the Maennerchor of Columbus. He is a member of the Independent Protestant church, of Columbus, and much credit is due Mr: Distelhorst for his success in life, as it has been attained by his own unaided effort. JOSEPH SHOAF. Joseph Shoaf, who owns and operates a farm of one hundred and fifty acres on section 1, Hamilton township, was born July 7, 1836, in the township where he yet makes his home, His father, Henry Shoaf, was a native of Virginia and removed to Franklin county at an early day, taking. up his abode in the midst of the forest in Hamilton township. There he built a log house and improved the farm, upon which not a furrow had been turned or an improvement made when he located there. Throughout his entire life he carried on agricultural pursuits and was also a successful Stock-raiser. His father, Jacob Shoaf, was also a native of the old Dominion and when his children were small emigrated to Ohio, taking up his residence on the farm which is now the home of Adam Lenhardt. Here he spent his remaining days, and Henry Shoaf was a resident of the county from the age of seven years until his death, which. occurred when he was fifty-four years of acre. He married Rachel Stummel, also a native of Virginia, and a daughter of Michael Stummel, who became one of the honored pioneers of Franklin county. Mrs. Shoaf died at the age of sixty-six years. Joseph Shoaf was one of three children born to his parents, and is now the only survivor of the family. The sun shone down upon many a farm which he plowed in his boyhood and ripened the grain which sprang from the seed which he planted, for he was early trained to: the work of the home farm. His youth was passed in Hamilton township, and he began his education in a primitive log schoolhouse, the methods of instruction differing greatly from those now in vogue. Under the parental roof he remained until his marriage, which was celebrated July 19, 1859, Miss Mary Ann Rohr becoming his wife. Mrs. Shoal is the eldest daughter of William and Elizabeth (Wolf ) 866 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. Rohr, and was born in Hamilton township, Franklin county, on the 4th of November, 1835. bier father was one of the pioneers of the county. He was born in Haycock township, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, on the 10th of September, 1810, and in 1816, when six years of age, accompanied his parents on their removal to Ohio. The family located in Madison township, where he was reared and after his marriage he removed to Hamilton township, where he reared his family of eleven children. He was widely and favorably known in the community, was a Republican in his political adherency and served as trustee of his township. His wife was a native of the Empire state. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Shoaf have been born three children. Flora, the eldest, is the wifeof George W. Finks, a farmer of Hamilton township, and they have three children living,—Harry W., Anna G. and Albert S. Lorma E., the second child,, is the wife of Jesse G. Gould, also an agriculturist of Hamilton township, and they have five children,—Mary F., Edith M., Charles J., Louisa L.. and Walter E. Mary C., the youngest member of the Shoaf family, died at the age of five months. At the time of their marriage our subject and his wife located in what is now Marion township, on the farm now occupied by Mr. Davis. It is situated on the Chillicothe pike, and there they remained until 1876, when they, removed to Delaware county. After a year, however, they returned to Franklin county and have since made their home on section 1, Hamilton township, where Mr. Shoaf owns one hundred and five acres of land, which he has placed under a high state of cultivation and has improved with many modern accessories and conveniences, rendering this one of the attractive farms of the community. In his political views he is a Republican, having been identified with the party since attaining his majority. He served as a member of the school board for twelve years and is now serving in the thirteenth year as school director. For thirty-five years he has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and has taken an active part in its work and advancement. His life is characterized by industry and by fidelity to both public and private duties and thus he is accounted one of the representative men of Hamilton township. ELI CHRYSLER. Eli Chrysler is numbered among the early settlers of Mifflin township, where he yet resides, his home being a half a mile west of Gahanna. Many years have passed since he came to Franklin county and decade after decade has been added to the cycle of the centuries. The contrast between the sight which met the gaze of the traveler when Mr. Chrysler first arrived here and the view which is spread out before the visitor of to-day is very great. Then there was to be seen unbroken forests and tracts of wet, marshy land, where to-day are fine fields of grain, surrounding commodious and substantial farm houses, while here and there are towns, villages and cities with all the business interests known to the much older east. CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 867 Mr. Chrysler was born in Cayuga county, New York, June 15, 1836. His father, Adam Chrysler, was a native of the Empire state and a farmer by occupation: In r838: he came to Ohio, locating in Licking county, and in 1853 he took up his abode in Franklin county, his farm being situated in Truro township. His last days, however, were passed in Mifflin township, where he died when about seventy years of age. He was of German lineage. His wife, who bore the name of Ruth Leonard, was a native of Vermont but wasreared in New York and for many years was a resident of Ohio, her death occurring in Columbus when. she was about seventy years of age. She was of English descent. They were the parents of four sons and five daughters, eight of whom reached years of maturity. "Squire" Chrysler, as he is well known throughout Franklin county, was the fifth child and second son. When about two years of age he was brought by his parents from New York to Ohio, and at the age of seventeen accompanied the family on their removal from Licking to Franklin county. In the former locality he acquired his education in the common schools and through the months of. summer he assisted in the labors of field and meadow. His first independent work was as a farm hand, at which he was employecl by the day. He afterward embarked in the saw mill business in partnership with his brother in Truro township, where they continued until 1864. In 1865 they began the operation of a grist-mill and also engaged in the manufacture and sale of lumber in Mifflin township, the partnership being continued until the death of the brother. Mr. Chrysler afterward carried on the business alone until 1875. The following year he purchased another sawmill in Mifflin township and therein converted the timber into lumber. Throughout the greater part of his active business career Mr. Chrysler has been engaged in the sawmill business, and in the enterprise is now associated with his son, having a mill in Mifflin township. He also followed general farming through a portion of the time and- has continuously given his attention to that industry during the past eight years, owning a farm of eighteen acres in Mifflin township. In connection with his son he also owns forty-six acres in Blendon township and another. tract of ninety-five acres in the same township, while in Walnut township, Pickaway county, they have fifty acres. In 1863 "'Squire" Chrysler was united in marriage to Miss Susan Roshell, who for about a quarter of a century was to him a faithful companion and helpmate on the journey of life, but her death occurred January 17, 1887. They had two children, Eva, now the wife of Harry Earl, a farmer of Mifflin township, and Charles H., who married Clara Palmer and resides with his father, with whom he is associated in business. Mr. Chrysler was elected justice of the peace in 1878 and since that time has continuously filled that office,—a period of twenty-three consecutive years. His record in this regard is unparalleled by that of any incumbent in the office in the county. That he discharges his duties in a prompt and reliable manner and without fear or favor is indicated by his long continuance in the position. During this time he has not only administered the law concerning 868 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HSTORY. differences between litigants, but has also married. about sixty couples. In politics he has been a life-long Democrat. Socially he is connected with Mifflin Lodge, No. 518, I. 0, 0. F., has filled all of its chairs and has taken a very active part in its work. At the time of the Civil war he was among the loyal defenders of the Union who wore the blue. He enlisted in August, 1862, as a member of Company I, Ninety-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served for nine months. At the battle of Richmond, Kentucky, he was wounded by a gun shot, and on account of his injuries was honorably discharged. He holds membership. in John A. Miller Post, No. 192, G. A. R., and has served as its quartermaster. At all times he has been faithful to his duties of citizenship, honorable in his business relations and loyal to the ties of social and home life. His history shows the power of industry as a means of wrestling fortune from the. hands of an adverse fate. He is now a substantial citizen of Franklin county, and has attained to that position through his well directed efforts. WILLIAM A. WILSON, M. D. William A. Wilson, M. D., is a representative of both the professional and agricultural interests of Franklin county, where he has attained prominence as a reliable physician and is also known as a leading farmer and stock-raiser. He was born in the city of Columbus, on the 28th of June, 1854, and represents one of the old families of the community. The Wilsons are of Scotch lineage. The father, Washington Wilson, was born in Pennsylvania and became a machinist, in which capacity he long served in the employ of the Pan Handle Railroad Company, having charge of the old. Piqua shops at Columbus, and lived to be about seventy years of age. His wife, Caroline A. Moore, was a native of England and when a maiden of twelve summers crossed the Atlantic to the new world with her people, the family making their way direct to Knox county, Ohio, and thence to Columbus. She is still living, at the: age of sixty-seven years. The Doctor is her second child and the only one of the family now living. He was educated in the public schools of his native city until twelve years of age, when the family removed to Mifflin township and he afterward attended a private academy in that locality. Determining to make the practice of medicine his life work he began his preparation to that end, when nineteen years of age, under the direction of Dr. D. N. Kinsman. Subsequently he attended the Columbus Medical College and upon completing the regularly prescribed course was graduated in 1878. He then located in Mifflin township, where he has since engaged in practice, keeping in touch with the progress which has been so marked in the profession through the past half century. He also has a fine stock farm, owning many valuable horses, including one stallion—Imperial Hal—having a record of 2 :12 1/2. He has seven well-bred horses and other high grade stock upon his farm, which is located in Delaware county and comprises seventy acres. He is also engaged in general merchan- CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 869 dising in Gahanna, where he. has erected the largest building in fhe town, It is two stories in height, with a large hall above, and is fifty-six by twenty-four feet in dimensions. In 1878 the Doctor was united in marriage to Miss Ella Belt, a native of Licking county, Ohio, and a daughter of James P. and Margaret (Baker) Belt. They became the parents of five children, of whom four are living : Estella L., Lois M., William A., and Washington A. The third child, Frank L., is now deceased. The eldest is the wife of George W. Nicholson, of Columbus. Lois is a student in that city and William A. will complete the course in the Gahanna high school in 1901. The cause of education finds the Doctor a warm friend and he is providing his children with excellent advantages in that direction. He has served. as a member of the school board and has held other offices. In politics he is a stanch Republican and his varied business interests indicate his ability for he has carried all forward to successful completion. WILLIAM HOUSE. One of the pioneer residents of Franklin township, Franklin county, Ohio, who watched the growth and development of his section from almost a wilderness to its present flourishing state of cultivation, was the late William House, the subject of this memoir. He was born on his father's farm, in this township and county, January 27, 1816, in a log cabin on a little clearing in the woods. His parents were Richard and Sarah (White) House, the former a native of Maryland, the latter of Loudoun county, Virginia. Richard House was born in 1777, and when but a youth came to Franklin county, Ohio, about 1809, taking up his residence in this township. He came of sturdy Dutch stock and lived to a good old age. The mother 'of our subject was a daughter of another old: settler, named Samuel White, who had served in the Revolutionary war. He was one of the earliest pioneers of Franklin county and possessed five.. hundred acres of land, all of which he succeeded in clearing excepting about ten acres. He also lived to the age of about eighty. The mother of our subject was one of. a pair of twins, in a family of six children, and lived to be about sixty-six years of age, always being proud of her Scotch descent. Theparents of our subject reared four children in the little log house; he being the only surivivor, the others being George; Nancy Ann, who married James Vanderburgh and later Robert Riordan ; and John, who died when but twenty-one years old. William House was reared in the primitive surroundings of the time and vicinity, growing into sturdy manhood upon his father's farm and enjoying all of the educational advantages provided at the district school. On February 14, 1843, he married Miss Julia Moler, a native of Tiffin, Ohio, born there September 22, -1825, a daughter of Rollin and Susan (Ransburgh) Moler, both natives of Maryland. They reared a large number of children,—John, Daniel, Sarah Ann,. Julia Ann, Rollin G.; Eliza; Maria, Hannah; Henry and 870 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. Cornelia; but Mrs. House, the wife of our subject, was the only survivor. She was five years of age when she came to Franklin township with her parents. She grew to womanhood in her native place, attended the district school and later the city schools in Columbus. After marriage she went to housekeeping in a cabin of logs located on the farm where their present beautiful residence is located, but when the family increased Mr. House built a larger cabin of the same useful material, where they remained comfortable until circumstances caused the erection of the new brick mansion. Seven children were born to Mr. and Mrs. House: Sarah, who died in infancy; Emily, who married William Miller, a resident of Columbus, and has three daughters—Gertrude, Clara and Pearl; Rollin, deceased, who married Lovina Bender and had two children,—Grace and George,—now residents of Columbus; Virginia D., deceased; William D., born June 23, 1859, who attends to the farm; James H., who married Annie Haines, since deceased, and has two children,—Richard and Cora; and Nellie Blanch, who married Clark Allen and has two sons, William and Charles W., who reside on farms in Jackson township. Mr. House was a successful farmer and stock-raiser, dealing extensively in cattle and hogs. His farm of one hundred and eighty acres he placed in a fine state of cultivation, with most attractive surroundings near his residence. His own duties were lightened for some years by his son William, who attended to much of the work. Politically, Mr. House was a Whig in earlier years and voted for General Harrison in 1840, after which time every Republican candidate for the high office of president received his ballot. He was very frequently called upon to hold office, being at one time township trustee. In 1840 he became a member of the Methodist church, after which time his allegiance never failed. He was ever one of the substantial men of Franklin county who did his duty to country, church and family. He died February I 7, 1901, at the age of eighty-five years, and his wife departed this life only a few days previously, February 4, at the age of seventy-five years, and thus the social relations of the community were severely affected. THOMAS HART. This well known citizen of Franklin township, Franklin county, is the subject of the following sketch. He was born April 28, 1847, on the homestead farm of his parents, Theadore and Catherine A. (Walton) Hart, a sketch of whose lives appears upon another page of this history. He was reared upon that homestead, attending the district schools for his education and remaining at the parental home until his marriage, when he located upon a tract of land near Green Lawn and began farming for himself. As a farmer boy he had always been very successful, and his present fine farm shows that he thoroughly understands agricultural matters. For five years he followed agriculture in Jackson township previous to location at his present place, where he has about fifty-five acres, devoted to general farming. In 1900 he CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 871 purchased the John Brown farm of one hundred and twenty-seven arcs in Jackson township ; and besides this property he also owns a half interest in irty-seven acres of the old' Dennison farm near Greenlawn cemetery. At the age of twenty-three years Mr. Hart was married to Miss Sarah Jane Lott, a native of New Jersey, where she was reared until about sixteen years of age, When,he came to Franklin township. She was one of a family of eleven children, and now has the satisfaction of having two sisters. and a brother living in the same township. Mr. and Mrs. Hart have no children of their own, but have adopted a little child by the name of Raymond Bertrand, who came to their loving care when he was but seventeen days old. Mr. Hart has taken an active part in the deliberations of the Republican party, and he and his estimable wife are members of the Methodist church, in which he is a trustee and is highly valued on account of his efficiency and readiness in the performance of religious duties. He is well known and highly respected throughout the township. WILLIAM CLINE. One of the oldest settlers and a prominent farmer of Franklin county, Ohio, is William. Cline; who was born in Bucks county, Pennsylvania, August 9, 1832. He was a son of Conrad and Martha Rebecca (Heaton) Cline, both of them natives of the 'Keystone state. They settled in Franklin county in 1833, residing one year in Columbus and then removing to the firm upon which our subject now resides. Conrad Cline was one of the pioneers of the county and he and his family endured all the privations which attended the settling of the new home. Nothing can bring the life of that yesterday to the mind so well as do the tales. from the pioneer's own lips. The rude log huts in the wilderness, the struggles with savage animals and wild nature, the deprivations and unavoidable home-sickness, and then the overcoming of all these conditions, make tales well worthy of attention. All of these -experiences came into the lives of the parents of our subject, but they lived out their four-score and ten years, dying- at the -age of eighty-four years. The family consisted of three children, our subject being the only son, his two sisters being Mary Jane, the wife of Charles White,. of Franklin township; and' Anna, the wife of Richard Vanderhurg, both of whom are deceased. William Cline was but One year of age when brought to Franklin county, and here he grew to manhood. His schooling was that obtainable in the country and was often interrupted by the necessity of beginning work as soon as the seasons were far enough advanced for agricultural labor. In those days no machinery was to be had, many of the present implements had not been invented, and the threshing of the grain was accomplished by the trampling of horses upon the wheat, which was spread in a small circle upon hard ground. Until his marriage he remained with his father, later engaging in general farming upon a part of the estate. He now -owns two hundred and 872 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. sixty-four acres of some of the finest land in the Scioto valley. He rents a part of it and the. rest is tinder the care of his two sons. Mr. Cline was married in Franklin township, November 4, 1858, to Miss Lydia Briggs, the only sister of Henry Briggs, whose sketch appears upon another page of this work. The death of Mrs. Cline took place November 8, 1888, leaving three children and the bereaved husband. The children are: Anna, the wife of Nelson Breninger, of Texas ; Lester, who married Lydia Moore, of Franklin county and resides at home; and Willard, who married Lizzie Huffman and is also at home. The political opinions of Mr. Cline favor the Democratic party, and he has always taken a great interest in its success. He has faithfully served the township as trustee for eleven years, and has many times filled the minor offices. In all the county there is no one more thoroughly respected than our subject. He has done much for the development of the section in which he lives, and has taken intense interest in the improvements which have been wrought since his advent so many years ago. BARNABAS PHINNEY. For many years this gentleman was prominently identified with the agricultural and business interests of Franklin county, Ohio, his home being on a farm in Clinton township, where he died on the 28th of January, 1899, honored and respected by all who knew him. He was born in Lee, Berkshire county, Massachusetts, April 3, 1813, and when four years of age moved to New York state with .his parents; Calvin and Thankful (Bassett) Phinney, residing there until the removal of the family to Medina county, Ohio, more than sixty years ago. In 1838; at the age of twenty-six, he came to Franklin county, and located in Clinton township, where he continued to make his home throughout the remainder of his life. On his arrival here he purchased sixty acres of land, three of which are still retained by his widow as a home place. He was married on the 2nd of November 1843, to Miss Mary S. Smiley. No children were born to them but they reared three from childhood, namely : Nellie Smiley; Barney Smiley; and Libbie Cruder, now Mrs. Arnold. Mr. Phinney was a man of good business ability and did not confine his attention solely to agricultural pursuits, but became interested in other enterprises, including the construction and carrying on of the toll road from Columbus to Worthington, being treasurer of the company for a number of years. He also held stock in the Electric Street Car Company that built the line between those cities. In his political views he was a Republican, and at the polls always exercised the privileges of citizenship. He was a regular attendant at the Presbyterian church of Worthington, of which he was a trustee for many years, and was a liberal contributor to all religious denomination's and to any other worthy public enterprise. As a gentleman he was widely and favorably known, and was highly respected by a host of friends. CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 873 Colonel William Smiley, the father of Mrs. Phinney, was a native of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, born June 5, 1789, and in early manhood came to this state. At Greenville, Ohio, he was married in 1817 to Miss Nancy Pennington, a native of Virginia, and they became the parents of eleven children, nine of whom were born in Franklin county, namely : Ryan, deceased ; Lucinda, deceased wife of George P. Whip ; George E., .a resident of Clinton township, this county ; John, of Sharon township; Richard M., of Clinton township; Theodore and William, both deceased ; James, a resident of Illinois; Sarah Jane, deceased ; Robert; and Mrs. Phinney. During the Civil war Robert enlisted for three months at the first call for troops:, and while in the service was taken ill with smallpox at Philadelphia, where he died and was buried. The father of this family departed this life September 27, 1873, and the mother died March 24, 1885, at the age of eighty-three years, four months and fourteen days. Before 1820 Colonel Smiley became a resident of Franklin county and purchased land in Clinton township, upon which North Columbus is now located. By trade he was a carpenter and followed that occupation during the greater part of his life, but he also operated the Whip mill; now known as the Weisenheimer mill, for a good many years and the Wilcox mill at North Columbus. He was an active and energetic business man and dealt largely in mill products. Politically he was a Democrat, and on one occasion was the nominee of his party for the office of representative, but was defeated at the: polls. For about thirty-five years he served as constable in Clinton township, and also held the position of township treasurer. In early life he ran many races with the. Indians, and at the age of sixty-five could outrun or outwalk any man, old or young, in Franklin county. He served with distinction as; captain in the war of 1812 under General Harrison, and later received a pension in recognition of his services. In religious belief he was a Universalist, while his wife, was a devout and active member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He was greatly respected by all who knew him, and justly merited the high regard in which he was held. JOSEPH F. JONES, M. D. One of the young men who is rapidly winning a place among the successful physicians and surgeons of Columbus is Dr. Jones, who was born in Fayette county, Ohio, in 1872, a son of Dr. J. F. Jones, of New Martinsburg, this state. The father is a graduate of the State Medical College, at Cincinnati, and for a number of years has engaged in practice in New Martinsburg, where the son was reared and educated, completing the high school course there. Later he entered the National Normal University, at Lebanon, Ohio, where he prepared for teaching, but, becoming imbued with the desire to make the practice of medicine leis life work, he began study under the direction of his father and subsequently matriculated in the Starling Medical College, of Columbus, in which he was graduated in the class of 1898. When the course was com- 55 874 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. pleted he became house physician in St. Francis Hospital and acceptably served in that capacity for two years. He then began private practice and is now well established in a good business. An earnest and determined purpose—without which there is no success in life—is the keynote of his advancement, and a laudable ambition prompts him to advance steadily until he is now occupying a very creditable position; being ranked as the equal of many men in the profession who have much longer been connected with it. In 1899 Dr. Jones was united in marriage to Miss Florence M. Clark, a daughter of John P. Clark. Socially the Doctor is connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and with the Knights of Pythias fraternity. His social qualities' render him popular, and by the profession and the laity he is held in high esteem. MOSES COSGRAY. Among the highly esteemed residents of Washington township, Franklin county, Ohio, is Moses Cosgray, the subject of this sketch, who resides upon a finely cultivated and improved farm near Dublin. He was a son of Jeremiah and a grandson of James Cosgray, whose sketches appear in another part of this history. Our subject was born near Waynesburg, Greene county, Pennsylvania, September 11, 1848, and was reared upon a farm. His educational advantages were very meagre, as at that time the sessions of the district school were limited, to four winter months, and he was never able to attend for more than two of these. At the age of seventeen he came with his parents to Ohio endeavoring after locating in this state to pursue his studies, but with no great amount of success. Mr. Cosgray grew up a fine, sturdy specimen of farmer boy, and at the time of his marriage was well acquainted with all of the details necessary for the management of the farm. At the age of fifteen he first began earning his own money, his wages being fifteen dollars a month, including board. He assisted his family until he was twenty-five years old, at which time he began his own happy domestic life. Mr. Cosgray was married October 23, 1873, to Miss Janet Postle, the estimable daughter of John and Rebecca (Bridges) Postle. She was born near Columbus, Ohio, June 15, 1850, and received a part of her education at Olentangy, Ohio, passing the years between sixteen and nineteen at Richwood. Her parents died died when she was but six gars old and she was reared by her cousin, Emory Bridges. Our subject located on his present place after marriage, renting it of his father for two years, later purchasing it. The farm comprises fifty-five acres, which he has improved to a high degree, having erected commodious and comfortable buildings, put in tiling and planted orchards. He now owns one of the most attractive and productive places in the neighborhood. His means were very limited at the time of his marriage, but he possessed energy and perseverance and was ably assisted and supported by his capable wife. CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 875 He has engaged in general farming and stock-raising and has been very successful in both lines. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Cosgray are Rella, who was educated for a teacher at Worthington; Ada, who is Mrs. Joseph Baker, of White county, Indiana; Carrie, who died at the age of three; Lela, and Michal. The family is connected with the Christian church of Dublin, where they enjoy the esteem of every one. Mr. Cosgray has long been an active member of the Democratic party and has served his township on the school board. HUGH E. JONES. The. subject 'of this sketch has the unique distinction of having been born on the high sea, and for the first time saw the light of day on a vessel which belonged to his father, off the English coast, March 11, 1826, and is the son of Evan and Ellen (Jenkins) Jones, natives of Wales. His father, who was the owner of a small vessel: which plied between Liverpool and other ports, died when Hugh was eleven months old, and when he was four years old his mother married John Jones. She lived to a good old age and died in Wales, and was the mother of two daughters and' four sons, all of whom were the children of her first husband. Hugh. E. Jones, the youngest of her six children, remained with his mother in Wales until he was ten years old, when he became a cabin: boy on board a. vessel sailed by his uncle, Harry Jones, and. was thus employed until, he was seventeen years old, during which time he sailed around the cape and 'visited' Africa and China and many other parts of the world. In 1843 in the. vicissitudes of his sea-faring life, he was made a prisoner and sent to Hong Kong, China, from which port he escaped on a British ship, commanded by one Captain Jackson, and lie was landed in Mexico, whence he made his way by way of the Gulf of Mexico and the great American rivers to Cincinnati, Ohio, starting with twelve men under his supervision, only three of whom lived to reach their destination. He spent a year in Cincinnati, working in a distillery and on river boats. From Cincinnati he came to Franklin county, Ohio, where he was employed for about six years in the distillery of Amor Rees. After that he worked about seven years in Marion county, Ohio, for a distiller named Jacob Stoutzenberger. While in Franklin county he had secured a farm to which he now returned and which he improved and lived on until the present time. It consists of one hundred and fifty-six and a half acres and is regarded as good property, and under Mr. Jones's management has afforded him a good living- and yielded him material profit. In 1888 he sold his stock at auction and visited Great Britain and Europe, stopping in London, Paris and. other great cities, his itinerary covering a period of five months. Returning to Franklin county, he resumed farming and met with success until his recent retirement. In 1849, Mr. Jones was married in Marion county, Ohio, to Miss Mary Miller, and has two sons and three daughters.. Their daughter, Dorliska, 876 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. is the wife of James Evans, of Missouri, and their son, Parley, lives in Nodaway county, that state. Theron is a well known real estate man of Columbus, Ohio. Flora married James Simpson and Rosa married William: Simpson and they live at Lima, Ohio. Politically Mr. Jones is a Democrat and he has always taken an active interest in the affairs of his township, which he served for twelve years as trustee and many years as school director. His public spirit is such that he has been in every way a useful and helpful citizen. His life has been a busy and industrious one and more eventful than the lives of most men in Franklin county, and it is to be regretted that he could not be induced to go more fully into details concerning his younger days and his experiences as a sailor on many seas and in many ports. MICHAEL DERRER. A beautiful farm of one hundred and ninety-three acres of land near the city of Columbus, Ohio, in Franklin township, is owned by the subject of this sketch; and here he and his family reside in comfort, with every sign of prosperity around them. Michael Derrer was born in. Bavaria, Germany, September 20, 1836, where he lived until he was sixteen years of age. At that time he joined the number of young men who came to this, country to better their fortunes, bringing with him no wealth but health, energy and honesty of purpose. After a short time spent in New York he came to Columbus and here engaged in anything that promised remuneration, but asserts that he saved no money until after his marriage. This took place in 1859, when Miss Elizabeth B. Wolleben, a native of Saxony, Germany, became his wife. He then located upon land which is now embraced in Camp Chase, raised a crop of corn and sold it to the government. He remained on that tract until 1865, which was owned by John G. Holloway, of Henderson, Kentucky, and he bought a farm five miles east of Columbus, where the family lived until the spring of 1869, when he sold and soon bought fifty acres on his present location. Being very successful in both farming and dairying, the time came when he was able to add four hundred and forty acres to the fifty and now he has a tract of land that is very valuable. He freely gives credit to Mrs. Derrer for her industry and capable management of the affairs of the household. A large and intelligent family has grown up about Mr. and Mrs. Derrer, —Minnie, Annie, Lizzie, George, Frances, Jonas, Nettie, Franklin and Lydia, deceased, and Nellie, now twenty years old. The youngest son of Mr. Derrer married Leila Roberts and lives at home. Mr. Derrer is a member of no political party, reserving the right, free from the party whip, to cast his vote for the men he conscientiously believes will be the best for the country, and in this position he is upheld by his sons, they relying upon his judgment. The family is a pleasant one, much esteemed in the neighborhood. CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 877 ERNST REINKENS. One of the prominent old residents of Franklin township, Franklin county, Ohio, is the subject of the present sketch. He was born in Prussia, September 17,1833, and was the son of Louis and Mary (Wulner) Reinkens, both of them being natives of the same place. They came to America in 1856, locating at Schenectady, in the state of New York, where Mr. Reinkens died at the age of seventy-six years. Our subject, Ernst Reinkens, left home at the age of nineteen years and learned the brushmaker's trade, serving his time at the same. In 1857 Mr. Reinkens came to Franklin county, Ohio, and here rented a farm which he cultivated for seven years, and then bought the land upon which he now resides. This place was Without buildings of any kind, Mr. Reinkens erecting all of the commodious structures, houses, barns and outbuildings, also fencing the whole tract, until now there is no more conveniently appointed place in the locality. Mr. Reinkens has successfully cultivated his land and it shows his care. In 1857 Mr. Reinkens married Carrie Shwenkeur, a native of Germany, who had come to New York previous to 1864, which was the date of her arrival in Franklin county. Eight children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Reinkens: Edward, who married Sarah Rubensburg and has two children,—Herbert and Mabel; Frank; Henry, deceased; William, who married Louisa Reinkens; Charles, who married Effie Lanerd and has three children,—Helen, Esther and Effie; Carrie, who married Frank Meeker and has one son, Edward; and Emma and Hattie. Mr. Reinkens is a stanch Republican in his political faith, and takes an intense interest in the important issues of the day. He has always been a strong advocate of .all educational laws looking toward the betterment of all classes, and is particularly interested in the common schools. He is one of the old, tried and true members of the Methodist church, valued and respected. His help was freely given toward the erection of the Livingston avenue church edifice. Mrs. Reinkens was removed by death, in 1887, since which time Mr. Reinkens has been much comforted by his estimable children. AUGUSTUS S. RITTER, M. D. The unostentatious routine of private life, although of vast importance to the welfare of the community, has not figured to any great extent in the pages of history. But the names of men who have distinguished themselves by the possession of those qualities of character which mainly contribute to the success of private life and to the public stability, and who have enjoyed the respect and confidence of those around then should not be permitted to perish. Their example is more valuable to the majority of readers. than that. of heroes, statesmen and writers, as they furnish means of subsistence for the multitude Whom they in their useful careers have employed. 878 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. Such are the thoughts that involuntarily come to our minds when we consider the life of him whose name initiates this sketch. He was born in Pickerington, Fairfield county, Ohio, on the 5th of December, 1865. His parents, Ira and Elizabeth J. (Doty) Ritter, are both natives of Ohio, and the former is a farmer by occupation. They became the parents of ten children nine of whom are yet living. The Doctor's early youth was passed upon a farm, while in the district schools of the neighborhood he obtained his elementary education. Subsequently he attended Reynoldsburg Academy, where he studied for more than two years, thus fitting himself to teach. For four years he followed that profession in Fairfield and Franklin counties and was a successful and popular educator. On abandoning his efforts in that direction, however, he began reading medicine under the supervision of Dr. J. E. Berry, a well known physician of Pickerington. Later he continued his studies under Dr. O. P. Driver, of Basil, Ohio, those two gentlemen being his preceptors for three years. He then matriculated in the Starling Medical College, of Columbus, where he pursued the full course prescribed by the statutes of the state and-was graduated on the 5th of March, 1891. He was also graduated in surgery at the same time he received his diploma in medicine. Immediately thereafter he established an office in the suburban town of Milo, which was just then springing into existence on the outskirts of Columbus, the Doctor being the first physician in the place. Here he has since remained and by the strictest attention to the discharge of his professional duties he has built up a practice which has steadily increased with the passing years and is now very lucrative. His business extends into the rural regions north and south and he is now recognized as one of the leading members of the medical fraternity. Dr. Ritter was united in marriage to Miss Allie M. Stoltz, of Perry, Ohio. He and his wife hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal church, of which he is a liberal supporter. He also belongs to Olentangy Lodge I. O. R. M., also to the Ancient Order of United Workmen, and to Ohio Camp, No 3735, M. W. A. While well known and highly respected; in social circles, the Doctor gives the greater part of his time and attention to the practice of medicine. He is a close student of materia medica and therapeutics and keeps in touch with the best professional ;thought of the day. DANIEL F. ROBERTS. The history of an industrious, useful life is always interesting and it always contains lessons of value to those who would get on in the world. Such a life has been that of Daniel F. Roberts, a prominent farmer and leading citizen of Brown township, Franklin county, Ohio, some adequate account of which it will be attempted to place before the readers of this work. Daniel F. Roberts was born July 12, 1851, a son of Lewis and Rachel (Richards) Roberts. His father was a native of Wales, born July 4, 1818, CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 879 a son of Ellis and Catharine (Pugh) Roberts, who came to New York city in 1824, bringing their family with them. There Ellis Roberts died and in 1835 his widow brought h-er children to Ohio, and settled on one hundred acres of land in Brown township, Franklin county, which her husband had owned at the time of his death. Mrs. Roberts died on that little Ohio farm in 1846. Catherine; the eldest of the family, was twice married, first to Thomas Thomas, later to Thomas Evans, and died in New York city. Lewis, next in order of birth, was the father of the subject of this sketch. David left Ohio and is supposed to have died in some remote part of the country. Ellis died in Brown township. Susanna, who became Mrs. Arthur Arnold, died in New York. John P. ended his days in Franklin county, Ohio. Lewis Roberts, who was born in Wales, in 1818, was four years old when his parents came to America and was educated in New York, where he lived until, in his. eighteenth year, he came with his mother to. Brown township. The woman who became his wife was Rachel Richards, whose parents, William and. Mary (Williams) Richards, married in their native Wales. Mr. Roberts conducted a hotel at Rome, Ohio, for five years, and except for that brief interval, passed his whole life after his marriage on the home farm of his family in Franklin county, where he was prominent as a Democrat, a Baptist and a citizen and filled with great credit several responsible local offices. His wife, who died June 16, 1889, bore him children as follows: David William, of Columbus, Ohio, married Rebecca Drake and after her death Minerva Hemrod became his second wife. John Ellis died when only nine years old. Mary Catharine married John Samuel Daugherty, of Franklin county, Ohio; a biographical sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this work. Lewis died when twenty-six years old. Daniel F. is the immediate subject of this sketch. Richard died when sixteen years old. Susan died when in her nineteenth year. John died at the age of twenty-six years. Margaret died when twenty years old. Sophia and Hannah, who were twins, died in infancy and another. child, named Margaret, died when two years old. In the spring of 1852, when the subject of this sketch was not yet a year old, his parents removed to their home farm in Brown township, from Rome, Ohio, where the father had been keeping a hotel for five years and where the boy had first seen the light of day. Young Roberts grew to manhood there and attended. school at the Welsh school house until he was eighteen years old, working on his father's farm, mornings and evenings, Saturdays and during vacations. He helped to clear up a. large part of the farm on which he remained until two years after his father's death, making a clearing of twenty-five acres after that event. Then Mr. Roberts and his brother John began working one hundred and thirty acres of the home farm and they were partners until the death of John in 1882. By an agreement between the two sons and their mother, she left them her interest in the farm, of which Mr. Roberts became sole owner inconsequence of his brother's death. He located at his present home in 1883, where he has a large red brick house and ade- 880 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. quate barns and outbuildings, and is making a substantial success as a farmer and stock raiser. In politics he is a Democrat, and he is influential in local affairs, and for three years has ably filled the office of township trustee. He is a member of the Grange, of West Jefferson, Ohio, is a Knight of Pythias and a Mason, blue lodge and Eastern Star degrees, and is a consistent and helpful member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He was married August 24, 1882, to Miss Angeline Carter, a daughter of George Carter, of Jefferson township, Madison county, Ohio, and has four children,—named Asa David, Henry Raymond, Elsie and Laura Mabel. ANTON WITTELER. Independence, self-reliance; industry and integrity and good business judgment have all been factors in the success of Anton Witteler, a native of Prussia, who came to Columbus, Ohio, respectably attired and with fifty dollars in cash, refusing money which was offered him by relatives in his native land and, overcoming many obstacles, made a good name for himself at Columbus, in Marion township and throughout Franklin county, where he is known as a man of property and a citizen of high standing and absolute reliability. Mr. Witteler was born July 7, 1830, and received a good education and was taught farming. It was in 1857, when he was twenty-seven years old, that, declining money which might have been his and assuring his friends that he was amply able to make his own way in the world, he sailed away to the United States and after landing on American soil came at once to Franklin county, Ohio. For three years he worked by the month for "Sim" Lindsey, in Hamilton township, and after that he rented a farm and operated it on his own account. In 1865, while he was still farming rented land, he bought some city property on Main street, Columbus. In 1878 he bought a farm in Marion township onto which he removed in 1879 and which he still owns. In 1890 he bought thirty-eight acres where he has lived since 1900. He sold off much of this property, but retains four acres on Parsons avenue in Columbus, where he erected a fine residence, costing five thousand dollars or more, which he fitted up in modern style at considerable expense and furnished in a way to correspond to the outlay mentioned. He owns a farm of eighty-five acres in Marion township and another of one hundred acres in Pickaway county. These two farms he rents, giving his attention to building and other business interests. He has' from the start been what is termed a successful man, but his prosperity has not been without some setbacks, for he has at different times signed his name to help others and has had to pay thousands of dollars in consequence. His interests in Columbus have grown gradually until he now owns property in nearly every part of the city. Mr. Witteler has never married. He is a Democrat well known throughout Franklin county and his influence in local politics is recognized. While he is not an office seeker, he has been prevailed uponby his fellow citizens to accept some township offices and he filled several in Hamilton town- CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 881 ship and was for eleven years treasurer of Marion township. A man of much public spirit, he has been helpful to all measures which in his good judgment have tended to the general good and he is consulted whenever sound advice is sought as to the conduct of township affairs and to the development of important local interests. GEORGE MICHAEL KARRER. Much has been written and spoken concerning the value of the sturdy, industrious, thrifty and reliable German element in our population, but the best proof of its excellence is afforded by its representatives, who, like the subject of this sketch, develop into self-made men of the best type who may be depended upon by the country of their adoption in any emergency that may arise. George Michael Karrer, a prominent farmer of Washington township, Franklin county, Ohio, is a son of John George Karrer, and a grandson of John Karrer, both of whom were born in Germany, the latter in Hoffenheim, province of Baden, in April, 1793. John George Karrer attended school until he was fourteen years old and after that he was employed at farm work. At the age of nineteen he was conscripted into the German army in which he fought against Napoleon. He married Catharine Horch, an aunt of John F. Horch, a biographical sketch of whom appears in this work, and became a farmer. He died in 1871, his wife in 1868. They had children named as follows: Susan, who married John Waibel, and lives on her father's old homestead in Germany; Jacob, who died in Germany; John, who came to the United States with his brother George Michael, married Miss Becker and became a farmer in Clay county, Illinois, where he died in the spring of 1900; and George Michael, who is the immediate subject of this sketch. George Michael Karrer was born on his father's farm in Hoffenheim, province of Baden, Germany, October 25, 1833. As soon as he was old enough he was put, n school, where he remained until he was fourteen years old. During the succeeding six years he worked on his father's farm. When he was twenty years old, he was drafted into the German army, but managed to secure a release from military service and in the following spring, with his brother John and four other young men, he sailed from Havre, France, for the United States, on the sail vessel, Southern Johnnie, commanded by Captain Small, and arrived at New. York after a voyage of thirty-seven days with little money left after having paid his passage. From New York city he went to Buffalo, New York, and for a week visited in the family of his Uncle Peter Horch, who was a ship builder in that city. From Buffalo he came on west to his uncle Abraham Horch's place in Washington township; Franklin county, Ohio. Soon afterward he began to learn the blacksmith's trade with Charles Fogelsang, at Dublin, Franklin county, with whom he remained two years. After that he was for one year a partner with John Steinbower in a blacksmithing enterprise and later worked two years in a 882 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. blacksmith shop in Columbus, until he located at Dublin, where bought property, built a shop and did business successfully as a blacksmith for eighteen years, until 1876, when he bought his present farm of eighty-seven acres in Washington township, Franklin county, on which he located in March, 1877. He also owns another farm of sixty-seven acres. His residence was erected in 1897. Mr. Karrer is a member of the German Lutheran church at Sandy Corners and in politics is strongly Republican. He was married in October, 1858, to Miss Mary Fahrbach, who was born in Baden, Germany, December 4, 1840, and when eight years .old came to the United States with his parents, Jacob and Eva (Ruck). Fahrbach, landing at New York, and coming thence to Columbus, where her father died and her mother still lives. Mr. and Mrs. Karrer have had children as follows: John, who died young; Kate, who married Lewis Rings, of Washington township, Franklin county; Jacob, who died when a year and a half old ; Mary, who married Godfrey Hurst. of Norwich township, Franklin county; George M., who married Barbara Ring and. lives in Washington. township, Franklin county; Lena Caroline, Henry, and Carl, who are :members of their father's household; and Louisa, who is deceased. FRANK A. ZIMMER. The subject of this sketch a prominent citizen of Washington township, Franklin county, Ohio, is one of the leading farmers and dairymen in that part of the state. He was born on Scioto. street, Columbus, October 16, 1849, a son of John F. and Christina (Widner) Zimmer. His grandfather in the paternal line visited many parts of the world as a sailor and eventually located in Brazil, where he owned a large plantation and many slaves and where he died. His widow, whose maiden. name had been Margaret Zimmer, after his death married, in South America, a man named Schlumberger, who also died in Brazil. By 'her first marriage she had one child, John F. Zimmer, father of the subject of this sketch. By her second. marriage she had two children, Adeline and Margaret Schlumberger, who are now Mrs. Jacob Lang and Mrs. Paul Lenhert, respectively. John F. Zimmer was born in Brazil September 16, 1817, and was about nine years old when, after the death of his stepfather, his mother brought her three children to Cleveland, Ohio. He was obliged early to take up the battle of life and was able to attend school only two months, but he had a desire for knowledge and studied with good results during his spare time. He became a foreman in canal construction in Ohio, and was so employed for some years. Eventually he located in Columbus, where for twenty years he was engaged in Braying with such financial success that the business gave him a good start in life. Meantime he formed' the acquaintance of Ebenezer Barcus of Columbus, and as partners they were for eight yearsi engaged in preparing sugar-cured hams for the market. After that Mr. Zimmer continued CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 883 the same business successfully for twelve years. After that he was for five years a partner in the lumber business of Clark Monnette & Company, at the expiration of which time he retired from active life. He lived on Mound street between High and Third streets for forty-three years', and his residence at 66 East Mound street became one of the landmarks in that part of the town. John P. Zimmer was married, at Cleveland, Ohio, to Miss Christina Widner, a native of Germany, whose father died in her native land, and who came to the United States with her mother and sisters. Mrs. Zimmer, who died in May, 1900, in her eighty-seventh year, bore her husband children as follows : Mary married Adam Scheringer and died at Columbus, Ohio. Christina A. is an inmate of St. Mary's convent at Columbus. John William died at the age of sixteen years. Henry A. is a farmer of Franklin county, Ohio. Frank A. Zimmer, subject of this sketch, was the next in order of birth. Louisa died quite young. Joseph B. is a well known citizen of Columbus. Katie G. married Joseph B. Ruhl, of St. Louis, Missouri. Frank A. Zimmer Was early put in a parochial school in Columbus, and attended the public schools from the time he was thirteen until he was sixteen. After leaving school he was for a year a clerk in the wholesale dry-goods house of Green, Joyce & Company, of Columbus, and after that he was for seven years a salesman for the Ohio Furniture Company, of that city. December 1, 1875, he located on his present farm, which now embraces two hundred and sixty-two acres of well improved and highly productive. land. On this place he built a creamery, which is conceded to be one of the best equipped in Ohio, and he has a large number of fine Jersey cattle. He has built two silos on his farm for feeding his stock, the dimensions of each of which are sixteen by thirty feet, and each of which has. a capacity of one hundred and twenty tons, and he feeds the corn raised on forty acres. He is building a barn exclusively for his cows which covers a ground space of forty-eight by eighty feet, and has a cow shed covering a space of fifty-six by one hundred and seventy feet, and will soon erect another of the same dimensions. He has forty red Jersey cows of the purest blood. He is the owner of three other creameries besides the one on his farm—one at Milford, Ohio, one at Plain City, Ohio, and one at Woodstock, Ohio—and they are connected with each other and with his home by telephone.. He is a helpful, public-spirited citizen, an unswerving Republican and a member of the Holy Cross Catholic church, of Columbus, Ohio. He 'has seven children. The eldest, John William, manages his Milford creamery. Josepha, Estella, Henry A., Francis George, Sylvester and Edward are members of their parents household. ADAM LENHARDT. Among the worthy citizens that the fatherland has furnished to the new world is Adam Lenhardt, a practical and enterprising farmer living on section 2, Hamilton township, Franklin county. He is a native of Bavaria, 884 - CENTENNIAL :BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. Germany, born August 18, 1831. There he spent the first twenty-three years of his life, and in the common schools acquired his education. His father died when the son was but fourteen years of age, after which he continued to live with his mother until he came to the United States in 1854. Crossing the Atlantic, he landed at New York, and subsequently removed to Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, where, he was employed for about a year, receiving four dollars per month in compensation for his services. He then came to Franklin county, and in Hamilton township again worked by the month as a farm hand, being thus employed until 1861, when he entered upon an independent business career by farming upon his own account on rented land: When seven years had thus passed he removed to Shelby county, Illinois, where he purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land, continuing its operation for about three years, when he traded that property for the farm upon which he now resides. He then returned to Franklin. county, and has since been engaged in agricultural pursuits in Hamilton township. He owns one hundred and ten acres of valuable land, all of which is under a high state of cultivation, and the well-tilled fields bring to him an excellent financial return. He is well-known over the county, and is accorded a place among its substantial farmers. Diligence, energy and determined purpose have been the salient features in his prosperity and are qualities that all might cultivate. In his political views Mr. Lenhardt is a Democrat, and has served as committeeman in his township, but has never sought nor desired office, preferring to give his entire time and attention to his business affairs. In the spring of 1900 he crossed the Atlantic to his native land, spending part of the summer in revisiting his old home and renewing many of the acquaintances of early life. For many years he has been a member of the Grange, and in his adopted county Mr. Lenhardt is widely and favorably known. CLARK HARRIS. One of the several honored citizens of Marion township, Franklin county, Ohio, who, natives of the township had pioneer experiences within its borders, is Clark Harris, who was born September 30, 1839, in the house in which he now lives. His father was Origen Harris and his grandfather was James Harris and both of them were born in the state of New York. James Harris came with his family to Columbus, Ohio, early in the century just closed and for some time busied himself at hauling goods between Columbus and Zanesville with an ox team, but he eventually settled on land in Marion township, Franklin county, which he cleared and improved. Origen Harris was only a boy when his father came to Franklin county, and he attended the primitive school taught near his home in a log school house. He married a Miss Ferguson, of Columbus, who died leaving three children, all of whom are dead. His second' wife was Lydia Sellers a native of Virginia and a daughter of Henry Sellers, an early settler in Franklin county. After his second marriage he settled on the farm on which his son, Clark Harris, now CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 885 lives, where he died at the age of seventy-three years, and his wife passed away at the age of eighty-six. This worthy couple had eight children,, seven of whom were born on that farm and :seven of Whom are living at this time. Morris H. Harris, one of these, lives at Westerville, Franklin county; Lucinda lives with her brother Clark. Origen D. lives near Groveport, Franklin county. Lydia Ann married Wesley Lawrence and lives in Franklin county. Sarah is the wife of Jacob Boeshanz, of Columbus, Ohio. Julia is the wife of Jacob Strohmire, of Columbus. Clark Harris was the third: child and second son of his parents and was reared on the farm on which he now lives, and received his primary education in an interesting old school house which stood near his home, one of the first of its kind built in the county. He assisted his father in his farming until the latter's death. October 6, 1868, he married Emma Young, a native of Fairfield county, Ohio, and she died on the old Harris homestead September 6, 1882, after having borne him two children, one of whom,, Edna, died at the age of eighteen years. His daughter Della, who is a member of his household, acquired a good education and has been successful as a teacher. Mr. Harris owns forty-two and .a half acres and devotes himself to general farming, while giving a good deal of attention to stock. He is a Republican politically and has served his fellow citizens as a member of the township school board, in which. capacity he exerted a recognized influence for the improvement of local educational facilities. While an active worker for the success of the party of his choice, he does not hesitate to vote for a member of another party for a local office if he believes that such a candidate will administer it more efficiently and honestly than the Republican nominee. His public spirit has been many times tried and has never been found wanting, and he aids to the extent of his ability every measure which in his good judgment promises to benefit his township and county. QUINCY A. WATKINS. Among the prominent retired farmers living in and about Columbus, Ohio, there is not one who is better or more favorably known than Quincy A. Watkins, who was born: where he now lives, on section 2, Marion township, Franklin county, October 4, 1827, a son of Aldrich and Clarissa K. (Torrey) Watkins, both natives of the state of New York. Aldrich Watkins, one of the first settlers in Franklin county, Ohio, located in the woods in Marion township, where he made a farm and died at the age of fifty-eight years. In religion he was a Presbyterian and in politics he developed from a Whig to a Republican. A man of high character and good ability, he was prominent in the county. His wife survived him until in her eighty-seventh year. They had two children who died in infancy and two daughters and three sons who grew to manhood and womanhood, and Quincy A. Watkins was their third! child and second son in order of birth, and is the only one of their children living at this time. 886 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. Quincy A. Watkins was reared on his father's farm and his lot did not differ materially from that of other sons of farmers in his locality at that time. His home was as good as the average home there and: he cherishes recollections of his parents who made life as attractive to him as was possible under the circumstances and amid his environments; but he knew what hard work meant and did not shirk his responsibility. After the death of his father, whom he had assisted since his childhood, he took up farming for himself on the old homestead and continued with good success until 1898, when he retired from active life, the owner of two hundred and thirty-four acres well located and well cultivated. February 23, 1860, Mr. Watkins married Amanda S. Corbin, a native of Amanda township, Wyandot county, Ohio, born August lo, 1841, a daughter of William and Amanda (Sallee) Corbin, who were the parents of two daughters and a son. Their daughter, Matilda, is dead. Their son, Samuel, lives in Wood county, Ohio. Mrs. Watkins was only four days old when her mother died. For his second wife her father married Susan Archibald, who has borne him ten children. Mrs. Watkins was taken by her grandparents into their household and was in their care during her childhood. At the age of twelve she returned to her father and remained with him until her marriage. She has borne Mr. Watkins three children, named Clinton, Grant and Virgie Amanda. Clinton married Effie Hendren and lives in Madison township, and they have sons named Grant and Pearl and a .daughter named Grace. Grant married Nellie Long and died at the age of twenty-six. He had two sons, Philo E., who is dead., and Quincy Grant. Virgie Amanda married John Helsel and' they have a son named Lehman Ersel. Mr. Helsel lives with Mr. Watkins and has the management of his farm. Mr. Watkins is one of the old and reliable farmers of Franklin county, and he has been known to its' leading citizens for many years and was brought up as a companion of some of the older of them. A man of much public spirit, he has always taken the lead: in matters affecting the welfare of his township. Formerly a Whig, he has been a Republican since the days of Fremont and Lincoln. Mrs. Watkins is a member of the Lutheran church, as is also her daughter, Mrs. Helsel. PERRY A. ROACH. One of the prominent and influential business men of Columbus, Ohio, who have held public office for a number of years, is Perry A. Roach, the subject of this sketch. He was born in Gallipolis. Gallia county, Ohio, November 27, 1863, a son of Reuben W. and Mary V. (Workman) Roach, both of whom were natives of Ohio. The father of our subject was a farmer in early life,. becoming a merchant later, and subsequently was interested in the flour and feed business in Gallia county. The grandfather of our subject, Sidney Roach, rasa native of Maryland and was one of the pioneer set- CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 887 tlers of Gallia county. He married a member of the Koontz family, of Culpeper Court House, Virginia, a well-known German-American family of .that locality. Our subject passed his early days in his native county, removing to a small village, where he attended school, remaining there until he was eighteen years old, when the family removed to Ross county, and it was then that the father of our subject opened his flour and feed business, locating in Chillicothe. Our subject taught school in that city during the following winter, but he had decided upon adopting the law as a profession and was eager. to begin its study. His first reading was done in the office of Mayo & Freeman in Chillicothe; subsequently he entered the law school in Cincinnati, at which he graduated in 1889. Prepared by years of studious work, our subject now returned to Chillicothe and entered Upon the practice of his profession, becoming associated with John C. Entrekin. This partnership continued until Mr. Entrekin was appointed United States revenue collector, when. it was necessarily dissolved. Mr. Roach came to Columbus in 1890 and opened up an office here, and in 1895 he was nominated by the Republican party, in which he has always been active, as a candidate for justice of the peace, resulting in his election for a term of three years, and a re-election in 1898, which office he still holds. In 1858 Mr. Roach married Miss Thalia Groninger, of Chillicothe, who was a teacher in the schools there for several years, and was a daughter of Abram and Amanda (Munger) Groninger. Four children have been born to them,—Rupert Darst, Merle M., Walter Reuben and Sage. The great-grandfather of these children is Louis D. Workman, who married Narcissa Worly and both are still living, at an advanced age, the great-great-grandfather Worly having attained the unusual age of one hundred and two. Socially Mr. Roach is a member of the K. of P., and I. O. O. F., Lodge 474. He is a successful and influential politician, as well as an admirable business man, and is considered one of the representative men of his section of the city. FRANK S. MILLER. Industry, integrity and perseverance are the words which supply the keynote to the success of men like the subject of this sketch and a reason for their popularity with. their fellow citizens. Frank S. Miller, who lives on the Groveport pike, a mile and a quarter beyond the corporation line of the city of Columbus, and is one of the well known farmers and business men of Franklin county, Ohio, was born in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, a son of Amos and Catharine (Stouffer) Miller. His. father was a native of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, and lived there until 1885, since when he has been a member of his son's household. His mother was a native of Franklin county, Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Miller had two sons. and two daughters. 888 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. E. J. is a resident of Columbus, Ohio; Emma married A. R. Geist, of Columbus; and Fannie lives with her father and brother. Frank S. Miller is the second child of his parents and was reared in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, and was educated in the public schools near his home. He engaged in fruit-growing in his native state and was ably instructed. in it by his father. After he came to Ohio he continued in the same line of enterprise and his success has been marked. He raises all kinds of small fruits common to his latitude and employs eight or ten men : from time to time and seven the year around. He married Mary E. Thompson, a native of London, England, who came to Springfield, Illinois, at the age of about eighteen months, and who has borne him two sons, Amos G. and Thomas R. Mr. Miller is a Republican of influence, and was elected clerk of Marion township in 190o. He is a modest, unpretentious, industrious and honorable citizen, whose influence has always been exerted for the good of his fellow townsmen, and who has always been found on the side of progress and up-to-date enterprise in the discussion of means to the public good,—an active man of strict integrity, who has been helpful and useful in all the relations of life and who has the respect and good wishes of his townsmen because they know he truly merits them. HENRY M. TAYLOR. For eighteen years Dr. Henry M. Taylor has been engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery, and as a representative of a profession wherein advancement depends solely upon individual merit he has gained a creditable position. He has not been without that laudable ambition which is the sphere of all effort, and his labors have been discerningly directed along lines that have led to his advancement and won him a name and place in. medical circles of Columbus that are both enviable and creditable. Dr. Taylor was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; September 29, 1854, and is a son of Dr. William and Hannah (Lowe) Taylor. His grandfather, Henry Taylor, Sr., was also a physician and for many years practiced his profession successfully in Philadelphia. He married Martha Metcalf, a daughter of William Metcalf, a physician and a minister. The father of our subject was born in Philadelphia, in 1831, and was a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania. He afterward pursued a course of study in the homeopathic college in his native city. After successfully practicing medicine for some time he entered the ministry and devoted his attention to the spiritual needs of his fellow men, continuing to preach the gospel until his death, which occurred in Troy, New York, in 1884. He wedded Hannah Lowe, who was born at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, in 1831, and was a daughter of Charles and Sarah (Clark) Lowe, who emigrated from England to the new world. In the state of his, nativity Dr. Henry M. Taylor of this review remained until 1861, and then accompanied his parents on their removal to Gettysburg, CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 889 Pennsylvania, where he entered the schools, acquiring a good practical education. His father located at Gettysburg, and there the Doctor remained until he had attained his majority, completing his literary education in the high school of the town. He entered upon his business career in the line of merchandising and afterward learned the trade of foundryman, but, finding that an uncongenial occupation, in 1877 he began the study of medicine, under the direction of his father. He pursued his first course of lectures in the Jefferson Medical College and subsequently came to Columbus, Ohio, where he entered. the Columbus Medical College, of this city, in which institution he was graduated in 1882, with the degree of M. D. Soon afterward he began practice and has since been a worthy follower of his profession, which certainly ranks among the highest. to which men devote their energies. In 1885 he was appointed assistant surgeon at the Ohio Penitentiary, serving until 1889. He then returned to Philadelphia and took a special course; being graduated in the Jefferson Medical College. When his work there was completed he resumed practice in Columbus, and in 1893 he was appointed assistant superintendent of health in the city, and was also a surgeon to the police and fire department until 1895. In 1885 occurred the marriage of Dr. Taylor and Miss Ella M. Grove, of Columbus, a daughter of Jacob B. and Charlotte Grove. They now have two children,—Marie Isabell and . Marguerite Grove. The Doctor and his wife enjoy the warm regard of a large circle of friends, and their own home is noted for its hospitality. In 1884 he became actively engaged in military affairs, becoming a member of the Governor's Guard, O. N. G., as a private, advancing through the grades of lieutenant and captain, then regimental quartermaster, thence to the medical department as a captain and assistant surgeon, major and surgeon. He accompanied his regiment, the Fourth Ohio, through the Spanish-American war, being sent to, Porto Rico with General Miles. In 1899 the Doctor was appointed major and surgeon of the Second Brigade of the Ohio National Guard, which position. he is acceptably filling. In his political associations he is. a Republican and takes great interest in the success of his party, doing all in his power to promote its growth and secure the adoption of its principles. During his term he has been called to active duty in several riots, among the most noted being the recent riot at Akron, Ohio. His professional ability is widely recognized and is indicated by the liberal support which is accorded him, his patronage steadily increasing both in volume and importance. HOWARD B. WESTERVELT. The Rev. Howard Bailey Westervelt was born at Blendon, Franklin county, January 4, 1847, and was graduated from the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, Ohio, in 1869, and that year entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal church. During the active years of his labors he was stationed at Royalton, Fairfield county; Nelsonville, Athens county; Zanesville, 56 890 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. Muskingum county; Athens, Athens county ; Portsmouth, Scioto county; Circleville, Pickaway county; Mount Vernon avenue, Columbus, and at other places. He was for some time until 1888 presiding elder of the Portsmouth district. He is now living with his son, Charles E. Westervelt, having super annuated in his conference some years since. He is a Knight Templar Mason and a member of Wells Post of the Grand Army of the Republic at Columbus, Ohio, for he was a soldier in the war of the Rebellion, having enlisted in 1864 in the Fifth Battalion, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry. Later, upon the expiration of his term of service he enlisted, in 1865, in the One Hundred and Thirty-third Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, where he saw active service in Virginia at Fort Powhattan. The Rev. Alfred L. Westervelt, the father of the Rev. Howard Bailey Westervelt, was born in Franklin county, Ohio, and his life covered the period from 1820 to 1849, when he died at the early age of twenty-nine years, after having been for some years a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church. He was married, April 1, 1846, to. Miss. Sophia Bull, a daughter of Dr. Thompson Bull, of Clintonville. Dr. Bull was a pioneer in Franklin county, and three of his daughters married in the Westervelt family. The widow of the Rev. Alfred L. Westervelt married Johnson Ogilvie and is now living at Lorain, Ohio. She bore her first husband two children,—the Rev. Howard Bailey Westervelt, subject of this sketch, and Charles A. Westervelt, of Lorain, Ohio. VALVERDA A. P. WARE. Maryland ancestors have given to Ohio some of its best citizens. The old families of Maryland. have taken a place in our national history as people of patriotism and progressiveness and their descendants in all parts of the country have ably maintained the reputation of their names. Amon; the most prominent citizens of Franklin county, Ohio, of Maryland nativity, is Valverda A. P. Ware, a prominent farmer of Truro township, who was born in Baltimore county July 3o, 1833, a son of Nathan Ware and a grandson of Robert Prescott Ware. Robert Ware was born in Maryland and was a captain in the Maryland state militia, with which he was in active service in the war of 1812-14. In 1820 he brought his family to Ohio, and located at Steubenville, Jefferson county, where he lived until the end of his life. His wife, Eleanor Gladman, who was also a native of Maryland, lived to the age of ninety years. Their son, Nathan. Ware, father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Baltimore county, Maryland, November 9, 1801, and received a good education there, which he completed at his. own expense, paying for it money which he earned teaching school, a labor upon which he entered when he was nineteen years old. He was married, about 1830, to Eliza C. Barron, and. they were the parents of fifteen children, of whom the following named ten grew to manhood: and womanhood: Cornelia L., Valverda A. P., Evander T., Julia CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 891 B., Robert P., Nathan H. Randolph R., William B., Charles R. and Eleanor L. Cornelia L. is. the wife of Aaron H. Green. Evander T. married Laura V. Coe. Julia B. is the widow of William H. Green, of Franklin county, Ohio. Robert P. married Mary Hanson, of Franklin county, Ohio. Nathan H. married Mary Price, and after her death Ellen Williams, of Licking county, Ohio. Randolph R. married Lannie Owings, of Baltimore county, Maryland, where he lives.. Eleanor L. married Samuel Pinkerton and they also live in Baltimore county, Maryland. William B. married Ida Ridgley and lives at Savannah, Georgia. Charles R. has married twice. His first wife was Mary Brain, of Frederick county, Maryland, and his present wife was a Miss Flanagan. Valverda A.; P. Ware married Mary Belinda Green May 29, 1860. Miss Green was a daughter of Gilbert Green, one of the early settlers of Franklin county, Ohio. That pioneer was born in Sussex county, New York, November 27, 1804. He was married, October 3, 1826, in New Jersey, where his earlier years were spent, to Miss Melinda Harrison, and they had three children, named Aaron Harrison Green, William Henry Green and Mary Olivia Green. He moved to Ohio in 1831 and bought one hundred and eighteen acres of land in Truro township, Franklin county, and not long afterward bought one hundred and sixty acres more. His wife died about a year after their settlement in Ohio, and he was married, July 9, 1833, to Susan Taylor, who was born at Chillicothe, Ohio, September 21, 1808, a daughter of Robert Taylor, who was a pioneer in Truro township, Franklin county, about 1809. Gilbert and Susan (Taylor) Green had children as. follows : Robert, Gilbert Sarah (who died in infancy), John Covert, Elizabeth J. and Mary Belinda. Gilbert M. married Elizabeth Marshall and lives at Columbus, Ohio. Elizabeth J. is the wife of A. D. Schoonover, of Newark, New Jersey. John Covert, who married Sarah J. Parkinson, is represented by a biographical sketch in this work. Belinda Green, daughter of Gilbert and Susan (Taylor) Green and wife of Valverda A. P. Ware, received her early education in the district schools of Franklin county, Ohio, in log school houses with puncheon floors, split out slabs for seats and slab desks supported on pins driven into auger holes into the walls. The school house where she attended school most was three-quarters of a mile from her father's house and she has a distinct remembrance that during the winter months the walking along the wood road which led from the one to the other was anything but good. She finished her studies at the college at Reynoldsburg, Ohio, Where she was a student for a year. After leaving school she taught school in Franklin county, "boarding around" with the parents of her pupils and receiving two dollars a week in addition to her meals and lodging, and as a teacher she was often compelled to walk further than was necessary when she was a pupil. She has proved herself a model wife and mother and has watched the development of the county from a primitive condition to its present admirable state of cultivation and advancement. Valverda A. P. and Belinda (Green) Ware have had eight 892 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. sons and one daughter, named as following in: the order of their birth : Gilbert Green, Prescott Barron, Vinton Taylor, Eliza Catharine, Valverda A., one son who died in infancy, William E., Oliver Morton and Charles Homer. Their eldest son, Gilbert Green, married a Miss Alice Mock, of St. Louis, Missouri, and they have children named' Alice Eliza and Harold Homer. G. G. Ware is a shoe-manufacturer of Chicago, Illinois. Prescott Barron, a farmer of Truro township, Franklin county, married Zella Hanson, a daughter of Parson Hanson, and they have two children named Hugh: Pearl and Blanche Elizabeth. Vinton Taylor, who is a farmer in Madison township, Franklin county, married. Ella Stubbs, a native of Delaware and a daughter of Frank Stubbs, who was also born in that state. Eliza Catharine married John C. Oldham, a druggist at Reynoldsburg, Ohio. Valverda A. assists his father in the management of the homestead. William E. is acquiring a knowledge of the drug business under the instruction of his brother-in-law at Reynoldsburg, Ohio. Oliver Morton and Charles Homer are members of their father's household. Mr. Ware came to Ohio in 1858 and after his marriage, in 1860, went back to Maryland he remained two years. In 1862 he returned to Truro township, Franklin county, where he worked rented land until 1888. He had early learned the carpenter's trade and he divided his time between the occupations of carpenter and farmer and was employed much of the time during the Civil war in building, bridges for the United States government. In 1888 he moved with his family to the old homestead of Gilbert Green, Mrs. Ware's father, which. has been improved until it is one of the most productive and valuable farms in the township, its acreage considered. Mr. Ware, while not a practical politician, has very decided views on all political questions and is not without influence in his party. He has believed that the citizen who helps himself best helps his neighbors, and has devoted himself to his business rather than to office seeking. He is deeply interested in public education, has always done his share toward the maintenance of religious worship and has in many other ways demonstrated that he is a man of public spirit. MATHEW WESTERVELT. Elsewhere in these pages will be found. some statements concerning the origin of the American family of Westervelt and biographical sketches of some of its prominent representatives. The Ohio pioneer of the name was Mathew Westervelt, who came to Blendon, Franklin county, about 1818, with his brothers; Peter and William, and: his sister, Catharine, who married Stephen Brinkerhoff. He had formerly lived at Poughkeepsie, New York, and was a man of more than ordinary business ability and experience. He bought six hundred and forty .acres of land and each of his two brothers bought a like amount, making an aggregate of one thousand, nine hundred and twenty acres. With others he laid out the town of Westervelt, which was named in honor of his family. He was prosperous as a farther, was prominent in public CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 893 affairs and manifested extraordinary public spirit, donating to the town a young men's seminary; now Otterbein University, and the grounds upon which the college is located, and land at Westerville for a Methodist Episcopal church and a cemetery. He was an active member of the Methodist church and one of its most liberal supporters. After coming to Franklin county Mr. Westervelt married Miss Mary Lennington, formerly of Poughkeepsie, New York, who died after having borne him five children. His second wife was Miss Abiah Leonard, a daughter of a pioneer family of the county, who also bore him five children. His daughter Melissa married Jacob Connelly, who was born near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in 1810, and died in Franklin county, Ohio, in 1881. She died in 1892, aged seventy-five, leaving four children : Emeline Frances, who married Dr. S. H. Stewart, of Columbus; Russell H. Connelly, of Columbus, who is with the Coe & Spencer. Company ; Alice, who married John Breese, of Columbus; Estelle G., the widow of A. H. Adams, of Columbus, a son, James, died in 1857; Edgar Westervelt, a son of Mathew and Mary (Lennington) Westervelt, died at Galena, Ohio. Mary, daughter of Mathew and Abiah (Leonard) Westervelt, married Captain Milton Wells, who was killed in the Civil war at Chattanooga, Wells Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of Columbus, having been named in his honor. Edwin Westervelt, a on of Mathew Westervelt by his second marriage, was three times married, first to Miss Minerva Goodspeed, then to Miss Sophronia Bull and afterward to Miss Marcia F. Bull. Three of his sons, Frank C. Westervelt, Howard Bailey Westervelt and Herbert L. Westervelt, live at Clintonville, Franklin county. The children of Mathew Westervelt not here mentioned left Franklin county years ago and' the record of their careers is not accessible. Mathew Westervelt died in 1849, aged seventy-seven years, and was buried at Greenlawn cemetery, at Columbus, Ohio. The reader is referred to other biographical sketches in this work for further information concerning the Westervelt family. CHARLES E. WESTERVELT. Among the young lawyers of Columbus, Ohio, none has made more noteworthy progress and none stands higher as a citizen than the subject of this sketch. Charles Ephraim Westervelt, a son of Rev. Howard Bailey Westervelt, was born at Clintonville, Franklin county, Ohio, October 24, 1871. His early education was received in the public schools of Nelsonville; Zanesville and Portsmouth: In 1888 he entered the Ohio University at Athens, at which he graduated with the degree of A. B. in 1892. The following year he spent in post-graduate work in history and literature, taking his Masters degree in the spring of 1893. The following year he read law in the office of Judge Festus Walters, of Circleville, and in the fall of 1894 entered the senior class of the Cincinnati Law School, graduating with the class of 1895 at that 894 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. institution. After graduation he was admitted to the bar at Columbus, and has since been located in that city. He has since devoted' himself closely to the practice of his profession, in which he is achieving a distinct success. He is a strong Republican, but has taken no active part in politics. DANIEL BONEBRAKE. There is no man in Franklin county, Ohio, who has lived nearer to the hearts of. his neighbors wherever the vicissitudes of life have placed him than the Rev. Daniel Bonebrake, who has been a resident of this county since his twenty-fourth year, and' is now living in retirement at Westerville, twelve miles northeast of Columbus. . He was born near Eaton, Preble county, Ohio, May 23, 1829, a son of the Rev. Daniel Bonebrake, Sr., who was born in Somerset county, Pennsylvania, June 16, 1797, and was brought to Athens county by his parents in 1801. His father was DeWalt Bonebrake, a son of another Rev. Daniel Bonebrake, who was the progenitor of the family in America. He was a Prussian by birth and tradition has it that he incurred imperial displeasure by slaying one of the king's deer and fled from his native land to America to avoid trouble that might have ensued had he remained. His son, DeWalt Bonebrake, was a blacksmith. and farmer of Germantown, Pennsylvania, and served as a soldier under General Washington in military operations between New York and Philadelphia. He lived in Athens county, Ohio, from 1801 to 1808 and in 1809 removed to Montgomery county, Ohio. He tarried there but a year, however, before he went to Preble county in 1824. He had ten sons and two daughters, all of whom grew to mature years, and of whom Daniel Bonebrake, Sr., the father Of the Rev. Daniel Bonebrake, was the seventh in order of nativity. Daniel Bonebrake, Sr., became a local and traveling minister of the United Brethren church in 1821, and was employed in the duties. of his consecrated office about half the time from his twenty-second year to his forty-ninth year, when he died. He devoted himself to farming during most of his life, but in 1853 he engaged in the grocery trade in Lewisburg, Preble county, Ohio, where his life ended in July, 1856. Five of his brothers served under General Harrison in the war of 1812, in northwestern Ohio,—Frederick, a fifer, Adam, John, Jacob and Peter,—and Daniel also would have served had he not been too young. He married Elizabeth, a daughter of Jeremiah Mills, and a native of Warren county, Ohio. Jeremiah Mills, who was born in the state of New Jersey, saw three years' service as a dragoon on the Allegheny and Monongehala at an early day and went to a point near Cincinnati, Ohio, where he bought considerable. land, which he soon afterward sold to advantage at three dollars per acre. He then went to Warren county, Ohio, on the Forth Ancient, and secured some Virginia military land, where he made a farm and where he died in September, 1860, at the advanced age of ninety-three years. He was of English extraction. His daughter, the mother of the Rev. Daniel Bonebrake, died in Preble county, Ohio, May 6, CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 895 1830, at the age of twenty-four, when her son was about a year old. The boy grew up amid the disadvantages of a new country, without the aid of fortune and with only limited opportunities for education, but in the common schools and by studying at spare hours he fitted himself to teach school, and thus earned money to maintain himself at home in Preble county and to secure instruction for himself at Otterbein College, where he was a student in 1851 and 1852. When he entered the school in March, 1851, the only teachers were Professor John Haywood and the lady whom, in 1852, he made his wife. There was an attendance of only fifty-seven scholars at first, but the next year there were seventy-three. After his education he married and settled in Westerville in March, 1853, and there he taught school during the winter months and worked at farm labor in the summer until October, 1860, when at the conference of the United Brethren church he was appointed to preach as a traveling minister in Franklin and Fairfield counties, having twelve appointments in what was known as Winchester circuit. He performed the duties of this appointment for three years, until 1863, when he was ordained. Then for nineteen years he was the secretary of the conference and during a portion of that time was the mission treasurer, and the duties of these offices and his ministerial work kept him traveling for twenty-nine years. During two years of that time he was presiding elder. He was then obliged to retire on account of failing health. He had long before this, in August, 1857, bought six acres of land. in Westerville, where he has since made his home. It is probable that he has married more couples and attended more funerals than. any other minister in this part of the county. On the 7th of March, 1853, were married Mr. Bonebrake and Hester Ann Bishop, a native of Blendon township:, Franklin county, and the youngest daughter of Captain John Bishop, who was a settler there in 1818. She was educated in Worthington Seminary and soon after her marriage she became a member of the United Brethren church. She died November 1, 1889, having borne her husband six children: Albert died at the age of eighteen years ; Mary, at the age of twelve years ; Frank was educated in Otterbein University and engaged in the grocery trade at Woosterville, but was killed by a fall from a tree July 6, 1895, when he was about thirty-three years old; Lewis. Davis is a commissioner of schools for the state of Ohio and his brother, Charles E., is a clerk in his office; and William is prominent in building and loan circles. Mr. Bonebrake's present wife was) Mrs. Eliza (Waagy) Dovel, of Preble county, Ohio. They were married in Franklin county May 21, 1891, and she is a lady who possesses many estimable qualities which have gained for her high regard Mr. Bonebrake has been a member of the United Brethren church since his eighteenth year. He was made assistant class-leader in his nineteenth year and in 1853 he became class-leader, acting in that capacity until his membership in and ordination to the ministry, in November, 1863. He is an outspoken temperance man and has done considerable public work for the temperance cause. Politically he was formerly a Whig and has been a Repub- 896 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. lican since the organization of the party. Many years ago he filled the office of constable and he was appraiser for Blendon township in 189o, giving excellent satisfaction in the office. He paid one thousand dollars for his small farm at Westerville and has improved it greatly giving much attention to. fruit-culture for a number of years past. HORACE W. WHAYMAN. Horace W. Whayman is a representative of that rare element of modern life, a valuable part of which yet rests upon a basis of something ideal and philosophical. He is a student with profound learning and deep insight into the great, fundamental principles of science; yet his; humanitarianism is broad and deep, bringing him into close touch with the representatives of the race. The evolution of the human race from barbarism to the present advanced civilization has. been slow; and the man who in his day and generation has helped toelevate the tastes of those with whom he comes in contact does a work the results of which will be cumulative in generations to come. We are led to the above train of reflections by contemplating the life work of one of the citizens of Columbus, Horace W. Whayman, a well known personage in the circles where intellectual activity is predominant and is accompanied by an accurate realization of man's duty to his fellow man. He is a native of Suffolk county, England, born November 1, 1869. His father, Horace William Field Sancroft Whayman, Esq., was also a native of that county. Largely as a pastime. he took up the study of bibliography and archaeology, and was widely recognized as an authority on. these subjects. The Whaynian family is one of the most honored and distinguished of the old families of England, it having been established in Suffolk (East Anglia) before William the Norman crossed the channel, conquering the Anglo-Saxons, thus infusing the Norman. blood into the English race. History tells us that Wimar was a sheriff and county justiciar in 1172, and from him our subject is a direct descendant: During the succeeding centuries the Whaymans have become allied through marriage with other prominent families, including the Walpoles, Wingfields, Nuns, Maynards and Billings—all East Anglian families. The name has been variously spelled, as Wimar, Wymar, Wyman, Weyman; Wayman and Whayman. The mother Of our subject prior to her marriage was Ellen Jane Burwood Billing; of Gressen Ball, county of Norfolk, and of Oxford Suffolk, a daughter of Robert Billing, Esq., and a representative of the Billing family, anciently of the counties of Oxford and Cornwall. The Billings were of the same family as the Rt.. Rev. Bishop Robert Claudius Billing, D. D., and were also allied with the Beusley Derehaugh, Cobb, Coke, Copeman and Loftus families. The Coke family numbered among its members the earl of Leicester. Mr. Whayman, whose name introduces this record, received excellent CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 897 educational privileges under private instructors in Colchester and Oxford, and later continued his studies in the theological seminary at Gambier, Ohio. Ill health in his early manhood led him to travel throughout Europe in the hope of improving his physical condition. A man of strong mentality, with a love of scientific research and deep study, he began to acquaint himself with ecclesiology and heraldry, becoming a pupil of Sir Arthur Bloomfield, now deceased. Bloomfield and Dr. George Marshall are considered; the standard authorities on those subjects. In England Mr. Whayman was interested in slum work in the parishes of St. Alphege, Southwark and St.: Agnes, Kennington Park. In 1890 Mr. Whayman came to the United States, and, after residing for some time in New York city and in Cincinnati, Ohio, located permanently in Columbus, in 1895. During his residence here he has taken an active part in all that pertains to the welfare and progress of Columbus in material esthetic, intellectual and moral lines. He is a very active and interested member of the Old Northwest Genealogical Society, having been one of its founders. He also aided in the organization, and became one of the first members, of the Neighborhood Guild:. He is greatly interested in library extension work and in the collection and preservation of the archives of the state. Also he is, especially interested in the work of church decoration. He is a corresponding member of the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Montreal, also a life member of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and of the Norfolk Archaeological Society. He was the founder of the Guild at St. James in this country, a society which is doing a great work in church decoration along Anglican lines. An example of the work of the Guild in Ohio was seen in the decoration of St. Stephen .at East Liverpool, and at Calvary, in Sandusky. He holds membership in the church of the Good Shepherd, and is the author of a work entitled Emblems of the Saints,—a manual of instruction and reference for artists; and architects. He edited Imago Regia, Thoughts, a philosophical work, and' has contributed many articles of merit to: historical and genealogical societies. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland and is a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity and is also a member of the Humboldt Verein. He is also president of the Columbus Choral Association, an organization founded in a great degree by him, for the purposes of fostering a love of oratorio and larger works of the great masters. At this point it would be almost tautological to enter into and series of statements showing that Mr. Whayman is a man of broad intelligence and genuine public spirit; for these have been shadowed forth between the lines of this review. Strong in his individuality, he never lacks the courage of, his convictions; but there are as dominating elements in this individuality a lively human sympathy and an abiding charity which, as taken in connection with the sterling integrity and honor of his character, have naturally gained to him the respect and confidence of men. 898 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. JOHN WILLIAM JONES. Wales has furnished to Brown township, Franklin county, Ohio, some of its best citizens in present and past generations. Prominent among these is the subject of this sketch. He is a son of John and Bridget (Hughes) Jones and a grandson of William Jones, who was born and married and passed his life in Anglesea. Following is some pertinent information concerning the children of John and Bridget (Hughes) Jones : Their eldest son, Hugh, lives in Liverpool, England. The subject of this sketch was the second in order of birth. Richard, who was a steward on: an English vessel, died at Valparaiso, South America. William is a molder and lives at Liverpool, England. Elizabeth married William Lewis and died in Wales. Ann, of Liverpool, England, is the wife of Charles Shrine, who is captain of a merchant vessel. Catharine married Philip Jones and also lives at Liverpool. John William Jones was born at Bangor, Carenarvonshire, in northern Wales, September 28, 1842, and attended school until he was eleven years old. His father having died, he was an apprentice for seven years to a ship carpenter at Port Norwick, Carenarvonshire. At the expiration of that time he went as a ship carpenter on board a merchant vessel from Cardiff, South Wales, on a voyage to South American points, which consumed eighteen months. On his return he reshipped at Bristol, England, on board the same vessel for Quebec, Canada. The craft returned to Bristol laden with lumber, and Mr. Jones made another voyage with it to Quebec, and returning to Liverpool worked for three years in a ship yard at that city. He then shipped for Bombay, India, and returned to London, but almost immediately sailed again for Bombay on board another ship. From Bombay he went to Cochin, China, thence to Callao, South America, by way of Australia, thence to Rotterdam, Holland, next to Shields, England, where he was employed on land for a time. Later he made a voyage to New York city, returning to Liverpool, which was followed 'by another voyage from Liverpool to New York and return, on board the American liner, Canada. Mr. Jones was married in Liverpool, England, to Miss Jane Evans, a sister of Edward Evans, a biographical sketch of whom appears in this work. After his marriage he worked at his trade in Liverpool until 1882, when with his wife he took passage at Liverpool for. New York on a steamer of the White Star line. From New York he came direct to Columbus, Ohio, where he was for eighteen months employed as a house carpenter. His wife died at Columbus, and, going to Brown township, he settled there on a farm, where he married Sarah Jerman, who is now deceased. His present wife was Miss Mary Matthews, a daughter of William Matthews, of Columbus, Ohio. His first. wife left a daughter named Winifred, born April 10, 1880: He is now the owner of eighty-one and a half acres of well improved land on which there is a fine brick residence and other good buildings. In politics Mr. Jones is a Republican, and he has proved himself a citizen of much enterprise and public spirit. He is a member of the Methodist CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 899 Episcopal church at Colwell and is a liberal supporter of all its interests. He is genial and companionable and fond of reminiscence, especially of the days when sailing on many vessels he visited many ports, and he sometimes recalls an incident of a voyage from Callao to Antwerp when his vessel encountered a severe storm off Cape Horn and would have swamped had he not constructed a windmill, which served as a motor power to keep the pumps in action. ARTHUR A. THOMAN, M. D. Among the physicians and surgeons of Columbus is Arthur A. Thoman. The Doctor was born in Fairfield county, Ohio, December 27, 1859, and is the son of. Dr. B. K. and Mary (Weist) Thoman. His paternal grandparents were Martin M. and Fanny (Keller) Thoman, the former a native of Switzerland, while the maternal grandparents were Benjamin and Elizabeth (Bowser) Weist, and were early settlers of Pennsylvania. The Doctor spent his early life and school days at Baltimore, Ohio, where his parents still reside and where his) father has been engaged for nearly a half-century in the practice of medicine. Entering Fairfield Union Academy, he graduated there at the age of sixteen, and after a few years teaching school while still pursuing his studies he entered the Ohio Wesleyan University. He did not finish his course there, but graduated at the Ohio Medical College, with the class of 1881. After two years with his father in his native town he removed to Columbus and has been engaged in his profession, also managing extensive business interests, being identified with the foremost citizens in all public interests. Among the many patients who were constantly coming under the Doctor's care were hundreds who needed rest and quiet more than medicines, and, with the idea of providing a proper place where these could be secured Dr. Thoman purchased Mac-O-Chee Castle, the famous home and estate of the late Don Piatt, located in Logan county, Ohio, improving this historic and romantic place with conservatories, bath houses and modern offices, embellishing the already beautiful grounds with fountains that flowed night and day, flowers' and plants from every clime. There were gathered from all the western states both patients and people who were wooed to health and strength without the thought of medicine or treatment, as is ordinarily prescribed. The fame of the sanitarium extended far and wide and it became a noted resort for those seeking recreation with rest and quiet as a cure for mental troubles. Finally the Doctor exchanged the sanitarium for a half interest in the Dennison Hotel, of Columbus. This building is a fine structure, advantageously located near the car lines on Dennison avenue, and receives the, patronage of those seeking a comfortable home removed from the dust and noise of a more busy thoroughfare. It has handsome apartments, is supplied with every modern convenience, and in addition has a roof garden beautifully fitted up with tropical plants. Dr. Thoman has the entire building situated at 33 North Third street,